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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
Easwaran S., J
THE METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP, THE ARCHEPARCHY OF KOTTAYAM – Appellant
Versus
KNANAYA CATHOLIC NAVEEKARANA SAMITHY – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. legal foundation of the case (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. claims and injuries of the plaintiffs (Para 8 , 9) |
| 3. arguments presented by the parties (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19) |
| 4. observations on procedural matters and implications of rules (Para 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28) |
J U D G M E N T
Validity of the practice of endogamy among the members of the Knanaya Community and the legality of insisting on forceful relinquishment of membership in a parish church on the refusal to follow endogamy are the subject matters of these appeals.
Before this Court starts the Judgment, it wishes to remind itself that the teachings of Christ, the divine law - the Bible, and the provisions of the canon law do not support the practice of endogamy. But still, the appellants insist that as a matter of custom, they are entitled to follow the practice.
Bible (Galatians – 3: 28) proclaims that ‘there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus’.S
Facts of the Case
1. Defendants 1 & 2 in OS No.106/2015 on the files of the Addl. Sub Court, Kottayam, a suit for declaration and consequential mandatory and prohibitory injunction, have come up in RSA N
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