New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Kerala High Court why it ignored the binding precedent and held that bishops cannot alienate church assets while considering Cardinal Alencherry’s plea.
The Catholic diocese had submitted that HC was contradicting its earlier judgement.
The apex court on Wednesday reserved its judgement in the Special Leave Petition filed by George Alencherry, the Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church against the judgment delivered by the Kerala High Court in August 2021. The court had refused to quash the criminal cases over the irregularities in the sale of properties belonging to Ernakulam-Angamalay Archdiocese.
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