An Originating Summons questions the
trustees’ interpretation on who is permitted to
enter the Calcutta fire temple
Whether the children of a Parsi woman married to a non-Parsi can enter the Late Ervad Dhunjeebhoy Byramjee Mehta’s Zoroastrian Anjuman Atash Adaran in Calcutta forms the crux of an Orignating Summons (OS) filed by Calcutta residents Prochy Mehta and Sanaya Mehta Vyas on December 19, 2016 before the Calcutta High Court (CHC). The respondents in the litigation are the trustees of the Adaran, namely, Noshir Tankariwala, Y. J. Dastoor and J. S. Bilimoria.
The OS states that two grandchildren of the first plaintiff, Prochy and the children of the second plaintiff Sanaya, namely Nirvhan Mehta Vyas and Samara Mehta Vyas......