When the Gujarat High Court reserved its order in a July 2, 2021 hearing in the Surat Parsi Panchayat (SPP) case that pleaded for dakhmenashini for Covid victims, The Times of India (ToI) reported the next day that "the Court said that the plea was filed at a belated stage since guidelines were issued more than a year ago, and the case (had) only academic importance.” The plea sought to "protect the fundamental right to perform the last rites of community members who died of Covid-19 as per its tradition of dakhmenashini” (see "Plea for dakhmenashini,” Events and Personalities, Parsiana,......