By our Legal Correspondent
Koci, June 28 (IVC) The State government informed of the High Court of Kerala on June 27, that the court orders to hand over a few churches to the Orthodox faction of the Malankara Church could not be implemented following the objection from members of the Jacobite faction.
The government submitted that police officers had o retreat without physically handing over the churches in view of serious law and order issues. The Jacobite faction members including women, children and elderly camped inside the churches, agitating against the police action. Some protestors had even threatened to commit suicide if the court order was enforced. The children and women had prevented the officers from proceeding forward It was inappropriate to use excessive force to implement the court’s directives .dispersing the agitators without using force was not feasible. The district administration and police had failed to implement the court order due to the strong protests by the Jacobite faction.
