New Delhi: The counsel for Syro-Malabar Church Cardinal Mar George Alencherry has approached the Supreme Court to postpone hearing of pleas filed against the Kerala High Court verdict in the controversial land deal case.
The move comes a day before the apex court is slated to consider the pleas against the HC verdict on Friday.
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Requesting four weeks time to respond to the affidavits submitted by defendants Joshy Varghese and the state government, the counsel has forwarded a letter to Supreme Court registrar.
Besides Syro-Malabar Church cardinal, Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Bathery and Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Thamarassery have filed pleas against HC verdict.
The counsel for Eparchy of Bathery had urged the Supreme Court the other day not to exclude their plea from the list of pleas slated for hearing on Friday. The new development comes amid this.
According to the HC verdict, the lands and assets held by the churches should be under a trust and Bishop has no authority to sell or hand it over.
Published: 11 Aug 2022, 11:56 am IST
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