The SC also directed the state government to furnish the data regarding the population of both the Orthodox and Jacobite factions, a list of the churches under the complete administrative control of both denominations, the churches where the management is under dispute and their current status of administrative power.
The apex court has also authorized the state government to intervene in the event of any untoward incident, while granting both factions the liberty to place their respective parish registers on record.
The SC directive comes as a relief for the Jacobite Church.
"It is a big relief. The directive to collect data on the population and churches of both the churches vindicates our stand. We have always been saying that the churches belong to the parishioners. The 2013 order had said otherwise," Joseph Mar Gregorios, the Catholicos-designate of the Jacobite Church told TNIE.
This story is from the December 18, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express Kozhikode.
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