A.A. Gopalakrishnan vs Cochin Devaswom Board & Ors on 19 July, 2007
In A.A. Gopalakrishnan v. Secretary, Cochin
Devaswom Board [2018 (3) KHC 549] a Division Bench
of this Court found that the task undertaken by the
complainant to ensure that the property of the Devaswom
is protected and preserved has ultimately brought out the
plain truth that the said property was sought to be
appropriated by strangers and that the property in
Sy.No.1042/2 has been successfully retrieved by the
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Devaswom, based on the intervention made by this Court
and also by the Apex Court in A.A. Gopalakrishnan
[(2007) 7 SCC 482]. Proceedings have to be taken to a
logical conclusion in respect of the land in Sy.No. 1043 as
well. This is more so since in view of the 'parens patriae'
jurisdiction being entrusted with the Court in this regard,
there is a duty cast upon the Court to take every step to
ensure that the property of the deity is protected.