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Attingal Lok Sabha Polls 2024: In This Kerala Constituency, Evacuation From Ukraine A Key Election Issue
8 months ago

Attingal Lok Sabha Polls 2024: In This Kerala Constituency, Evacuation From Ukraine A Key Election Issue

News 18  

Attingal is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala that comprises seven assembly segments — Varkala, Attingal, Chirayinkeezhu, Nedumangad, Vamanapuram, Aruvikkara, and Kattakkada. The sitting MP is Congress’ Adoor Prakash while those in the fray this year along with Prakash are V Muraleedharan of BJP and V Joy of CPM. The attitude towards BJP Interestingly, Muraleedharan’s security deposit …

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BJP welcomes screening of The Kerala Story by diocese; UDF, LDF oppose decision
8 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP welcomes screening of The Kerala Story by diocese; UDF, LDF oppose decision

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has welcomed the screening of the allegedly Islamophobic movie The Kerala Story by the Idukki diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church for catechism students. BJP central zone president N. Hari said the diocese acted with a “sense of reality.“ “The courageous decision of the Idukki diocese to screen the movie is a major setback to the campaign …

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Week after joining BJP, Kerala Orthodox Syrian Church priest removed from posts
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Week after joining BJP, Kerala Orthodox Syrian Church priest removed from posts

Hindustan Times  

A week joining the Bharatiya Janata Party, a priest belonging to the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala was stripped of his official responsibilities within the Church on account of some complaints that have been raised against him, officials said. HT Image Fr Shaiju Kurian, who served as secretary of the Nilackal diocese of the Church, and …

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Franco Mulakkal resigns as Jalandhar Bishop
1 year, 6 months ago

Franco Mulakkal resigns as Jalandhar Bishop

The Hindu  

Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who was temporarily relieved of his pastoral responsibilities by Pope Francis in 2018 following allegations of rape by a nun, has resigned from the Jalandhar Bishop's post, a church source said on Thursday. The resignation of Mulakkal, who was acquitted by a local court in Kerala last year in the rape case, was requested by the Vatican …

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Catholic Diocese Urges Supreme Court To Stay Kerala High Court Directions In Case Against Cardinal Alencherry
2 years ago

Catholic Diocese Urges Supreme Court To Stay Kerala High Court Directions In Case Against Cardinal Alencherry

Live Law  

Taking objection to the recent order passed by the Kerala High Court which observed that religious organizations were encroaching public land, the Catholic Diocese of Bathery on Monday urged the Supreme Court to stay the same, in which directions were issued to the government to act against public encroachments made by religious and charitable trusts.A single bench of the High …

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Nun rape case: Decks cleared for Bishop Franco's return to pastoral duties
2 years, 6 months ago

Nun rape case: Decks cleared for Bishop Franco's return to pastoral duties

Firstpost  

Thiruvananthapuram: Decks have been cleared for former Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal’s return to the pastoral duties, as the Vatican has accepted a Kerala court’s decision, acquitting him of rape charges by a nun, a church source said on Sunday. According to the source, during his visit to Jalandhar diocese on Saturday, Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, apostolic nuncio to India and Nepal, …

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Government Servants Prohibited From Being Office-Bearers Of Communal/Religious Organisations: Kerala High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Government Servants Prohibited From Being Office-Bearers Of Communal/Religious Organisations: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently held that Rule 67A of the Kerala Government Servants Conduct Rules, 1960 does not curtail a religious denomination's right to manage its own affairs available under Article 26 of the Constitution of India in any manner. Rule 67A prohibits any Government Servant from being an office-bearer of any communal or religious organisation or of such …

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Supreme Court Monthly Digest- April 2022 With Nominal And Statute/Subject Wise Index
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Monthly Digest- April 2022 With Nominal And Statute/Subject Wise Index

Live Law  

Administrative Law - Appeal challenging adverse Remarks made in the Allahabad HC judgment regarding a Statutory authority - Allowed - Even if the High Court found that the impugned actions of the authorities concerned, particularly of the appellant, had not been strictly in conformity with law or were irregular or were illegal or even perverse, such findings, by themselves, were …

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Do Bishops Have Power To Alienate Church Assets? Catholic Dioceses Move Supreme Court Against Kerala High Court Remarks
2 years, 8 months ago

Do Bishops Have Power To Alienate Church Assets? Catholic Dioceses Move Supreme Court Against Kerala High Court Remarks

Live Law  

Two Catholic Dioceses from Kerala have approached the Supreme Court against a judgment of the Kerala High Court which held that Bishops have no power to alienate the church assets and that their powers are confined to religious and spiritual matters.The Catholic Diocese of Thamarassery and Eparchy of Bathery have filed the Special Leave Petitions challenging the remarks made a …

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Knanaya Church Case: Kerala High Court Grants Interim Relief To Members Marrying Outside Diocese
3 years, 1 month ago

Knanaya Church Case: Kerala High Court Grants Interim Relief To Members Marrying Outside Diocese

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday ruled that any member of the Kottayam Archeparchy marrying outside the diocese shall be issued a marriage certificate without insisting on a letter of relinquishment of their membership until the first appellate court decides on the matter. Justice VG Arun issued the order on a petition filed by a reformist group within the church, …

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'Clear Breach Of Trust ': Kerala High Court Refuses To Quash Criminal Cases Against Archbishop George Alenchery Over Sale Of Diocese Properties
3 years, 4 months ago

'Clear Breach Of Trust ': Kerala High Court Refuses To Quash Criminal Cases Against Archbishop George Alenchery Over Sale Of Diocese Properties

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed the petitions filed by Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, the Major Archbishop of Syro Malabar Church, seeking to quash the criminal cases over the alienation of properties belonging to Syro Malabar Church.Justice P.Somarajan while dismissing a batch of seven petitions, upheld the verdict of the Sessions Court and remarked:".it requires a proper. The Kerala …

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Expulsion From Knanaya Catholic Church For Marrying Outside Community Unconstitutional, Against Jesus's Teachings : Kerala Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Expulsion From Knanaya Catholic Church For Marrying Outside Community Unconstitutional, Against Jesus's Teachings : Kerala Court

Live Law  

A civil court in Kerala has ruled that the practice of expelling a member from Knanaya Catholic Church for marrying outside the community is unconstitutional for being violative of right to marry under Article 21 and right to religion under Article 25 of the Constitution of India.The Additional Sub Court at Kottayam held that the practice of compulsive endogamy in …

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Kerala Court Frames Charges Against Ex-Bishop Franco Mulakkal in Nun Rape Case
4 years, 4 months ago

Kerala Court Frames Charges Against Ex-Bishop Franco Mulakkal in Nun Rape Case

News 18  

A court here on Thursday framed charges against former Bishop of Jalandhar Diocese, Franco Mulakkal, in the case relating to rape of a nun in Kerala. The Supreme Court had directed Mulakkal to face trial as it dismissed his plea seeking discharge in the rape case lodged against him by the nun belonging to a congregation under Jalandhar diocese, saying …

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Kerala Church Allows Cremation of Covid-19 Victims Keeping in Line With Health Protocols
4 years, 4 months ago

Kerala Church Allows Cremation of Covid-19 Victims Keeping in Line With Health Protocols

News 18  

In perhaps for the first time, a Latin Catholic church in Kerala on Tuesday allowed cremation of a COVID-19 woman victim at its cemetery in line with the government health protocol, a gesture which came in for praise from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The woman, 62-year-old Theresamma who died on Monday, was cremated at the St Augustine's Church at Mararikulam …

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