S T. Peter's and St. Paul's Syrian Orthodox Church vs State Of Kerala, Represented by the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home (Ssa) Department)

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2024 Supreme(Ker) 423

MURALI PURUSHOTHAMAN
S T. Peter's and St. Paul's Syrian Orthodox Church – Appellant
Versus
State Of Kerala, Represented by the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home (Ssa) Department) – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: S.Sreekumar (Sr.), Roshen.D.Alexander, Tina Alex Thomas Harimohan
For the Respondent:Sri. V.Manu, Sr.Government Pleader, Binoy Vasudevan, K.Shibili Naha, Santheep Ankarath, Shri.P.Vijayakumar, Asg Of India, A.Lowsy, Manu S., Asg Of India, Shri.K.R.Rajkumar, C.G.C., J.Ramkumar, Advocate General Office Kerala Sri. K.Gopalakrishna , Kurup, Advocate General(Ag-1), Shri.T.B.Hood, Spl.G.P. to A.G.

Table of Content
1. background of church construction dispute (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. legislative framework for church construction permission (Para 4 , 5 , 6)
3. interim order concerning construction of places of worship (Para 7)
4. legal arguments regarding government approval amendments (Para 8)
5. allegations against amendments' legality (Para 9 , 10)
6. response to counters and reaffirming the petitioners' stance (Para 11)
7. discussion of arguments from involved parties (Para 12 , 13)
8. arguments and precedents presented (Para 14 , 15)
9. legislative power and community welfare objectives (Para 16 , 17)
10. examination of intelligence gathering and sovereign functions (Para 18 , 19 , 20)
11. role of local governments in religious construction applications (Para 21 , 22)
12. conclusion on the legitimacy of panchayat roles (Para 23 , 24 , 25)

The 1st petitioner is a Constituent Parish Church of the Malankara Orthodox Church administered under the 1934 Constitution of the Malankara Church and the 2nd petitioner is the Vicar of the 1st petitioner Church. The petitioners represent the Orthodox (Catholicos) faction of the Malankara Church and the party respondents represent the Patriarch (Jacobit

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2024 Supreme(Ker) 423

MURALI PURUSHOTHAMANS T. Peter's and St. Paul's Syrian Orthodox Church – AppellantVersusState Of Kerala, Represented by the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home (Ssa) Department) – Respondent

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MURALI PURUSHOTHAMAN
S T. Peter's and St. Paul's Syrian Orthodox Church – Appellant
Versus
State Of Kerala, Represented by the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home (Ssa) Department) – Respondent