The Bombay High Court may soon have to determine whether those not opting for dakhmenashini can have funerary rites performed at Doongerwadi
Sherene Vakil
In an attempt to seek clarity on the legal position over the use of the Doongerwadi bunglis by those opting to choose a system other than dakhmanishini, eminent senior counsel are working on an Originating Summons to be filed in the Bombay High Court. The summons will ask the Court to interpret the 122-year trust deed. The petitioners are eminent members of the community, including former municipal commissioner Jamsheed Kanga, while the defendants will be trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP).
Earlier, in his column "Parsi Tari Arsi” (The Bombay Samachar, December 10, 2006), solicitor Berjis Desai had published extensive......