The tussle over the postponement of the March 14, 2021 Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trusteeship election would qualify among the most tragic, wasteful and meaningless utilization of scarce community and judicial resources. The 10-week rescheduling to May 23 served nobody’s purpose. Not only was former BPP chairman Dinshaw Mehta unable to achieve his goal of controlling a majority on the truncated BPP board till October 2022, but he also unwittingly nullified the candidature of his friend and ally, lawyer Berjis Desai (for now Desai says he will not contest the May election).
The perceptive Bombay High Court (BHC) division bench......