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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
K. NATARAJAN,
Patriarch Of Antioch And All The East – Appellant
Versus
Abraham Joseph, S/o. E.I. Abraham Ezhumayil – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. judicial procedures initiated by 1st defendant against munsiff court's order (Para 1 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. arguments about locus standi and interpretation of knanaya constitution (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 3. locus standi of plaintiffs as members of knanaya samudayam (Para 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 4. constitutional rights under article 25 and 26 related to church governance (Para 18 , 20 , 21) |
| 5. consideration of supreme court precedents regarding internal church matters (Para 26 , 27) |
| 6. powers of the patriarch over temporal matters and injunction orders (Para 28 , 29 , 30) |
| 7. invalidity of the 2002 constitution and authority of the patriarch (Para 31 , 32 , 35) |
| 8. final judgment dismissing the petitions (Para 40 , 42 , 43) |
JUDGMENT :
O.P.(C) No.819 of 2025 is filed by the petitioner/1st defendant for challenging the common order dated 4.3.2025 passed in I.A.No.2 of 2024 in C.M.A. No.54 of 2024 by the Additional District Judge-V, Kottayam, and to allow the I.A., by staying the execution and operation of the order dated 27.08.2024 passed by the Munsiff Court, Kottayam, in I.A. No.2 of 2024, in O.S. No.206 of 2024.
O.P.(C) No.826 of 2025 was filed by the same petitioner/1st defendant in
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