Supreme Court of India

Mar Koorilos (dead) and Anr. Etc. v. M. Pappy (dead) and Another Etc.

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Reported as [2018] 10 S.C.R. 848

Bench Ranjan Gogoi, R. Banumathi and Navin Sinha JJ.

Decided 28 August 2018

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the impugned judgment is set aside and these appeals are allowed.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Church: Suit filed by appellant no.1/Metropolitan of Quilon Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and appellant no.2/Vicar appointed by him for St.Mary’s Church ag ainst the Parishioners of the Church prayed for declaration that the Quilon Metropolitan and the Vicars appointed by him have exclusiv e right to conduct religious services in the plaint Church and Cemetery and prayed for prohibitory injunction restraining t he defendants and others who do not obey the plaintiffs-appellants from ent ering the plaint church and plaint scheduled properties – Case of appellants was based on

Authorities it was built on

1954 Moran Mar Basselios Catholicos and Another v. Most Rev. Mar Poulose Athanasius and Others cited by 23
1995 Most Rev. P.M.A. Metropolitan and Ors. v. Moran Mar Marthoma and Anr. cited by 3
1996 Most Rev. P.ma. Metropolitan and Ors. Etc v. Moran Mar Marthoma Mathews and Anr. Etc. cited by 2

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