Two major liberal Supreme Court judgments last month are advantageous to many Parsis and Zoroastrians. The lifting of the ban on entry to women between the ages of 10 to 50 to the Sabarimala Temple by a four to one judgment is a great victory for women’s rights. With the unanimous five-member bench striking down Section 377, homosexuality has been decriminalized, bringing relief to many gays/lesbians, including Parsis, who suffered much discrimination, ridicule, humiliation and harassment.
The four to one Sabarimala verdict should strengthen the case of Goolrookh Gupta now before the Supreme Court and Prochy Mehta/Sanaya Vyas whose matter......