Kerala Govt. urged to implement Law Reforms Commission report on dispute in Malankara Church

Legislation alone is answer to conflict between Orthodox and Jacobite factions, says Quest For Peace

The State Government must immediately implement the recommendations of the State Law Reforms Commission on the dispute existing in the Malankara Church, said Quest For Peace, a Church peace committee, which is making efforts to establish a consensus between the Malankara Church groups and end the series of litigations and wrangling.

Quest for Peace chairman and senior priest of the Jacobite Church Father Varghese Kallupara said the Law Reforms Commission recommendations could be a permanent solution to disputes among Church groups. He is of the view that legislation alone would put an end to the long-drawn conflict between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions.

The Supreme Court had ruled in July 2017 that there would be no parallel administration of the Malankara Church, and that all parishes would be under the control of the Orthodox faction.