Kochi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church in a case related to the ownership of the St Peter’s and St Paul’s Church at Kolenchery. The court observed that the church had to be governed in accordance with the constitution of 1934. It rejected the Jacobite Syrian Church’s request to recognise an agreement from 1913.
The court upheld the 1995 judgment and 1934 constitution regarding the administration of power in Malankara Orthodox Syrian churches in Kerala. A bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Amitabh Roy observed that the church factions were bound by the 1995 order. The bench also observed that the constitution formed by the church in 2002 was not valid but said the 1934 constitution could be amended if necessary.
