By George Jacob Kochi, July 20, 2023: Recently, the hot (pun intended) topic of nudity made headlines in Kerala, a southern Indian state. The story dates back to 2020, when a video by Kerala-based ‘activist’ Rehana Fathima appeared on social media. In the video that went viral, Rehana was seenContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, March 15, 2023: The Kerala High Court has turned down the Kottayam archbishop’s plea seeking a stay of a lower court order that ended the centuries-old practice of endogamy in his Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church. The Kottayam archdiocese based in the southern Indian state ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Dec 6, 2022: The Kerala High Court has ordered the state police to provide protection to the Vatican-appointed administrator of a strife-torn archdiocese in the southern Indian state. The apex court in Kerala on December 5 ordered police protection for Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, the apostolicContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Dec 3, 2022: The Kerala High Court has sought government opinion on a private firm’s demand for deploying federal forces to protect its under construction international seaport that is facing fierce protest from fisherfolk. The court direction came during the hearing of a contempt petitionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Nov 10, 2022: The Kerala High Court has asked Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Catholic Church in the southern Indian state, to appear before a court in connection with cases related to a land sale. The top court in Kerala November 9 dismissed theContinue Reading
By George Jacob Kochi, Sept 21, 2022: National daily New Indian Express recently reported an incident which had the Kerala High Court chastise the attitude of the “new-gen” towards marriage and family. A man abandoned his wife and three daughters after nine years of marriage subsequent to an alleged affairContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, June 23, 2022: The Kerala High Court on June 23 granted bail to a Catholic priest and a nun who have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the sensational Abhaya murder case. The division bench of Justices Vinod Chandran and C Jayachandran acted upon theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Dec. 1, 2021: The Kerala High Court on December 1 reduced the duration of jail term of a former Catholic priest, who was convicted for raping and impregnating a teenager. The bench of Justice Narayana Pisharoty heard the appeal of Robin Vadakkumchery against the 20-yearContinue Reading
Kochi: Nuns and priests now have to pay income tax as the Kerala High Court has held that salaries paid to them are liable for tax deduction at source. The court pronounced the verdict quoting the Bible verse, “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: An expelled Catholic nun suffered a setback July 14 when the Kerala High Court refused to entertain her plea for protection against eviction from the convent where she currently stays. Lucy Kalappura was in August 2019 expelled from the Franciscan Clarist Congregation. The Vatican rejectedContinue Reading
