Regardless of who wins the court battle in the Bombay High Court (BHC) over realignment of the Metro tunnels under the Seth Hormasji Bomanji Wadia Atash Behram on Princess Street, the decision in all likelihood will be challenged by the aggrieved party in the Supreme Court. The tunnels will pass near the periphery of the Zarthoshti Anjumanna Atash Behram but not under.
The petitioners based their objection to the underground rail network on two major grounds: the threat to the physical stability of the 188-year-old Wadia structure and disturbance to the magnetic circuits of the holy precincts. They insist......