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Tribunal Activities
The great majority of the cases
dealt with by the Ordinary Tribunal
are marriage nullity cases. From
September 1994 till December 31,
2006 the Syro Malabar Major
Archiepiscopal Ordinary Tribunal
dealt with 635 marriage nullity
appeal cases in the second instance.
40 cases were introduced in the
third and subsequent instances. Four
cases in the second instance and one
case in the third instance remain
pending on December 31, 2006.
Looking to the grounds of nullity in
the marriage cases handled by the
Major Archiepiscopal Ordinary
Tribunal, those prescribed in canon
818 stand at the top. 276 decrees
and 66 sentences of nullity were
issued on this ground. The ground
'inability to assume' (can. 818 n.3)
occupies the first place regarding
the cause for the nullity of
marriage.
Tribunal Office
The Ordinary Tribunal is functioning
at the major archiepiscopal curia at
Mount St. Thomas, P.B. No. 3110,
Kakkanad P.O., Kochi – 682 030. Tel.
0484 2424768, 2424780, Fax 2422727.
E mail:
mattribunal@vsnl.net
Tribunal Sitting
The sitting of the tribunal is
normally on Thursdays. Once in a
month the tribunal personnel meet
together for discussion about the
tribunal activities and legal
questions, if any, and for the
distribution of cases.
Annual Eastern Legal Thought
Under the auspices of the Syro
Malabar Major Archiepiscopal
Ordinary Tribunal a periodical
entitled Eastern Legal Thought on
Church law and jurisprudence is
published every year since its
inception in 2002. |
