With the view to balance religious sentiments with health concerns so far as the manner of last rites of Parsi Zoroastrians who have died in the COVID-19 pandemic is concerned, the Supreme Court on Monday requested the assistance of SG Tushar Mehta. The SLP was against the July 2021 judgment of the Gujarat High Court dismissing the petitioners' prayer for …
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea by the Surat Parsi Panchayat Board for a direction to permit it and its members to perform Dokhmenashini/last rites in Dokhmas of its members having died due to Covid 19, in accordance with their religious practices which is duly protected by the Constitution. The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud …
The Gujarat High Court has issued notice on a petition filed by Surat Parsi Panchayat Board seeking permission to perform Dokhmenashini, a customary practice among the Parsi community of putting the dead body in a tower of silence, even for those who succumb to Covid-19. However, the Central Guidelines on management of Covid-19 dead bodies prescribe only cremation and burial …
