O R D E R

The above review has been filed by the Latin Archdiocese of Trivandrum, aggrieved by the interpretation of the Canon Law rendered by this Court in the judgment in Second Appeal. The review is filed on the apprehension that “the parishioners of various Churches in different Diocese will become emboldened to adopt a path of confrontation with the Bishops and the Parish priests, leading to unrest and stalemate in the Church administration both in temporal and spiritual matters”(sic.). The review petitioner, a stranger to the appeal, has filed the above review with an application for leave and an application to condone the delay in preferring such review. The suit being one filed under Order I Rule 8 of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC), from which the Second Appeal arose; leave was granted. The delay was condoned in view of the fact that the review petitioner was a stranger to the proceedings.

2. Before looking into the review petition it is to be stated that the subject matter of the appeal was a property dispute. The appellants were the defendants and the respondents were the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs were respectively two trustees, the convenor and the elected representative