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K. S. Varghese & Ors. v. St. Peters & Pauls Syrian Orth. & Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 9 S.C.R. 1
Bench Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy JJ.
Decided 3 July 2017

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We hold that without taking any steps in accordance with the provisions oflaw, the effect of the resolutions or deliberations is not acceptable in the domain of law.

Judgment, page 204

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Constitution of India: Arts.25 and 26 - Malankara church - Management of affairs of Malankara church - Perpetual fight between Patriarch faction and Catho/icos faction - Historical background discussed in *Most Rev. P.M. . Metropolitan case popularly known as *1995 judgment c - Whether the 1995 Judgment is binding oil the appellants - Jn the 1995 judgment, the Supreme Court referring to the Year 1654 events, observed that the authority of the Patriarch extended only to spiritual affairs but not to the temporal affairs of the Malankara Church - The Court also observed that the Patriarch in the

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