Kochi: Human rights activist Jomon Puthanpurakkal on July 8 moved the Kerala High Court questioning the parole granted to two life-term convicts in Sister Abhaya murder case, Father Thomas Kotoor and Sister Sefi. Both were released on 90-day special parole in May citing the recommendations of the committee constituted byContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on July 8 stayed a government order (GO) entrusting local bodies with the power to grant clearance for construction of religious places of worship. Justice N. Nagaresh passed the interim order on a writ petition filed by Fr. Joy Pulikkottil, vicar, St. Peter’s and St.Continue Reading
Kochi: After the Kerala High Court on May 28 quashed state “Government Orders, sub-classifying the minorities by providing merit-cum-means scholarship at 80 percent to Muslim community and 20 percent to Latin Catholic Christians and Converted Christians,” and saying “it cannot be legally sustained,” Muslims from the southern Indian state haveContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has dismissed the plea of Robin Vadakkumchery, a former Catholic priest convicted of raping a minor, to grant him bail so that he could “marry the survivor.” The court said it could find no merit the petition. Dismissing the plea, Justice Sunil Thomas stated thatContinue Reading
Kochi: The Orthodox Church on February 5 approached the Kerala High Court against the Act passed by the state government which allowed the burial of Jacobites in the cemeteries of churches under the control of the Orthodox. A bench of Justice P V Asha served a notice to the stateContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on January 19 agreed to hear the appeal moved by Father Thomas Kottoor challenging the trial court verdict convicting him for the murder of Sister Abhaya. A Division Bench of Justices K Vinod Chandran and M R Anitha admitted Father Kottoor’s appeal. In his appeal,Continue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Jan 7 stayed a single judge bench order directing the federal forces to take over a church in Kothamangalam, a town in Ernakulam district. A division bench issued the stay on an appeal by filed the state government challenging the December 8 order ofContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has declined the plea of the accused in the Sister Abhaya murder case to defer until further orders the examination of witnesses amid the pandemic. The court on October 6 observed that the criminal proceedings of a case registered in 1992 are yet to attainContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Jul 11, 2020: The Kerala High Court has directed the police to provide protection to the life and property of Sister Lucy Kalappura, a nun expelled by the Franciscan Clarist Congregation for allegedly violating religious vows. In her petition to the top court in Kerala,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 7, 2020: The Kerala High Court July 7 rejected deposed Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal’s plea to quash the charge of sexually assaulting a nun against him and directed him to face trial. The prosecution had argued in court that there’s ample evidence against theContinue Reading