By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 17, 2023: The Supreme Court of India on March 17 dismissed Cardinal George Alencherry’s appeal seeking to quash seven criminal cases against him in connection the controversial sale of church land in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A division bench of theContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi, Sept 2, 2022: The All India Catholic Union is happy lawyer and activist Teesta Setalvad has been given bail by the Supreme Court of India September 2, although she has had to surrender her passport. But common people may not understand if this is routineContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 2, 2022: The Supreme Court of India on September 2 granted interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad, in jail since June for alleged conspiracy to “destabilize the government” after the 2002 Gujarat riots. The interim bail would operate during the pendency of Setalvad’sContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 18, 2022: A Catholic group working for reforms in the Catholic Church in the southern Indian state of Kerala has sought the country’s top court help to restrict the powers of bishops. The Kerala Catholic Church Reformation Movement, registered as Catholic Association, wantsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 29, 2022: Leader of an ecumenical forum that monitors attacks on Christians in India has welcomed the Supreme Court’s willingness to hear a petition on such incidents. “I hope the court takes note of the rising incidents of violence against Christians and directsContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, June 27, 2022: There is a pathetic scene in the Bible when Jesus was carrying the Cross-to Calvary, to be crucified there. Looking at the exhausted and pitiable face of Jesus, the women on the roadside cried. Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters ofContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 26, 2922: Christians working for women’s empowerment in India have welcomed a Supreme Court order recognizing sex work as a profession. At the same time a Catholic moral theologian says crime is different from sin and something decriminalized does not stop being a sin.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 26, 2022: The leader of a Catholic laity forum March 26 welcomed the refusal of the Indian Supreme Court to entertain a petition seeking the establishment of a board to monitor Christian missionaries’ activities. “Good directive from the Supreme Court,” says chhotebhai, convenerContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 19, 2022: Activists who work at grassroots level seem surprised at the federal government’s admission in the Supreme Court that no state has reported starvation deaths. “Dalits, Adivasis and minorities die of starvation when the Supreme Court was told no starvation death hasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 7, 2021: The Supreme Court on December 7 refused to interfere with a Bombay High Court order granting bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, a lawyer arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case. The default bail order of Bharadwaj, 60, comes into effect fromContinue Reading
