JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: This Appeal Suit is filed under Section 96 of the Civil Procedure Code r/w Order 41 Rule 1 of Civil Procedure Code, against the judgment and decree dated 21.12.2020 passed in I.A.No.2 of 2020 in O.S.No.253 of 2020 by the learned I Additional District Judge (PCR), Tiruchirappalli rejecting the plaint.)

1. Aggrieved over the rejection of the plaint filed under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Civil Procedure Code on the ground that there is no cause of action and the action taken under Church Council Rules, cannot be questioned, the present appeal has been filed.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to herein, as per their rank before the Trial Court.

3. The brief facts, leading to the filing of this Appeal Suit, are as follows:

The first defendant is the Bishop and sued in the present litigation in his individual capacity. It is the case of the plaintiff that the first plaintiff is the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (for the sake of brevity hereinafter it shall be referred as TELC), which is a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. With regard to the dispute arose between the then Bishop /President of TELC and the Church Council, s