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'''Catholic Association of South Kanara''' (CASK), formerly '''South Kanara Catholic Association''', is a [[Christianity|Christian]] organisation based in [[Mangalore]], [[India]].

==Controversies==
In September 1935, the association sent a memorandum to the Governor of [[Madras]] requesting withdrawal of concessions granted to villagers in Reserve Forests, involving Malayalees.<ref name="Philip2004">{{cite book|last=Philip|first=Kavita|title=Civilising natures: race, resources and modernity in colonial south India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CevmNs63nM0C&pg=PA100|year=2004|publisher=Orient Longman|isbn=978-81-250-2586-3|page=100}}</ref>

The association were involved in the aftermath of the [[2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka]], and participated in the protest on 20 February 2011 against the report of the official investigation of Judge [[B. K. Somasekhara]] into the attacks.<ref name="Mangaloreanprotest">{{cite web|url=http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=223440 |title=Mangalore: Protest against Somshekar Report — A Rare Show of Solidarity in Black |publisher=Mangalorean.com |date=21 March 2011 |access-date=18 December 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmangalorean.com%2Fnews.php%3Fnewstype%3Dbroadcast%26broadcastid%3D223440&date=2012-01-30 |archive-date=30 January 2012 }}</ref>
However, the president of Catholic Association of South Kanara, Dr Derek Lobo, filed a forgery case against Judge [[M. F. Saldanha]], former Justice of the [[Bombay High Court]], who conducted one of the investigations into the attacks and supported the denouncement of the Somasekhara report. This was condemned by the [[People's Union of Civil Liberties]] (PUCL) and NGOs from [[Dakshina Kannada]]; the PUCL called the association's action as "illegal, vicious, mala fide, motivated and vindictive", saying that "Justice Saldanha is regarded as one of the highly respected members of the Indian judiciary".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-25/mangalore/30440537_1_justice-saldanha-pucl-people-s-union|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713171757/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-25/mangalore/30440537_1_justice-saldanha-pucl-people-s-union|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2012|title=PUCL condemns action against Justice Saldanha|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=25 November 2012|access-date=10 March 2012}}</ref> In February 2012, the [[Income Tax Department]] accused CASK of tax evasion and ordered a probe into it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://christianreforms.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/it-probe-against-cask-catholic-association-of-south-kanara/|title=IT probe against CASK- (Catholic Association of South Kanara)|publisher=Christianreforms.wordpress.com|date=9 February 2012|access-date=10 March 2012}}</ref>

==Functions==
They meet annually at the [[St Aloysius High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=68521&n_tit=Mangalore%3A+Catholic+Assn+of+South+Kanara%92s+Unique+Annual+Get+Together+on+Nov+22|title=Mangalore: Catholic Assn of South Kanara's Unique Annual Get Together on Nov 22|publisher=Dajiworld.com|date=19 November 2009|access-date=10 March 2012}}</ref> The association is also involved with theatrical pursuits, having put on a performance of [[Alan Machado]] (Prabhu's) ''[[Shades within Shadows]]'' at the auditorium of [[St. Aloysius College (Mangalore)|St Aloysius College]], set during the time of the captivity of the Konkani Catholics in 1784.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/speednewsshow/11090649.cms|title=Shades within Shadows|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|access-date=10 March 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Organisations based in Mangalore]]
[[Category:Christian organisations based in India]]
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