Marriage outside diocese: HC stays order
The Hindu
Order on plea by Knanaya Catholic Naveekarana Samiti, 2 others
The Kerala High Court has kept in abeyance for one month an order of the Kottayam Additional District Court staying a decree of a subordinate court restraining the Metropolitan Archbishop, the Archeparchy of Kottayam, from expelling members who got married outside the diocese. Justice V.G. Arun passed the interim order on a petition filed by the Knanaya Catholic Naveekarana Samiti, Kottayam, and two others challenging the additional district court order. The judge observed that the issue involved was the curtailment of the fundamental right of a citizen to marry a person of his/her choice, by insisting that the partner should also be a member of the Archeparchy of Kottayam.More Related News