Kothamangalam church case: HC extends interim keep for two weeks

By Express News Service
KOCHI: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday prolonged by two weeks its interim order deferring additional proceedings on a single choose’s directive to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Group Centre, Thiruvananthapuram to take over the Kothamangalam Mar Thoma Church (Cheriapally) if the Ernakulam District Collector didn’t implement the courtroom’s order. The bench handed the order on the enchantment filed by the state authorities difficult the only choose’s order.

When the petition got here up for listening to, the Central authorities submitted {that a} petition looking for to assessment the only choose’s directive to the CRPF will probably be filed inside ten days. The Centre can not deploy its forces until it’s sought by the state authorities.

The upkeep of regulation and order is a state topic, the Centre submitted. The Orthodox faction knowledgeable the bench that it’ll not method the Supreme Court in opposition to the interim order deferring the proceedings. The bench made it clear that if the Central authorities recordsdata a assessment petition earlier than the only choose, the pendency of the writ enchantment and the interim order shall not stop the choose from contemplating the plea.