Parishioners Cannot Be Deprived Of Their Right To Burial In Church Cemetery: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

15 March 2019 12:24 PM IST

"The right to a burial in the cemetery must be seen as flowing from his status as a Parishioner of the Church"

Reiterating that the Church and the cemetery cannot be confiscated by anybody, the Kerala High Court has held that, irrespective of his allegiance, a parishioner cannot be deprived of his/her right to burial in the church of which he/she is the parishioner. While considering a batch of writ petitions regarding the ongoing turf between Orthodox and Jacobite church factions, the...

Parishioners Cannot Be Deprived Of Their Right To Burial In Church Cemetery: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

"The right to a burial in the cemetery must be seen as flowing from his status as a Parishioner of the Church"

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