Category: Bombay Parsi Panchayat

BNHS to re-introduce Vultures Into Doongarwadi Again

Plans are on to have vultures flock Doongerwadi once again The Bombay Natural History Society plans to work with Mumbai’s Parsi community to introduce vultures in Tower of Silence to counteract the dwindling population BNHS to work with stakeholders of Parsi community to achieve the objective Article by Yogesh Naik | Hindustan Times After the… Continue reading BNHS to re-introduce Vultures Into Doongarwadi Again

BPP Trustees Petition Law Commission on UCC Concerns

Dear Friends, Happy to inform you that your BPP Board Of Trustees were invited on ‘Khordadsal’ – August 21 to personally visit Delhi and discuss concerns on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in a consultative process set up by the 22nd Law Commission Of India with their Hon’ble Chairman – Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi (Retd.)… Continue reading BPP Trustees Petition Law Commission on UCC Concerns

Bombay Parsi Punchayet Seeks Total Exemption From UCC

Parsi apex body says final draft is being prepared after consulting priests, religious scholars and senior legal advisors  Article by Ashutosh M Shukla | Free Press Journal India The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) has informed the community members that they are seeking “total exemption” from the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The message was circulated on… Continue reading Bombay Parsi Punchayet Seeks Total Exemption From UCC

Bombay HC evicts ex-trustee, orders Parsi Punchayet polls

The Bombay high court has directed that elections for the post of all seven trustees of Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) Trust will be held on Sunday, May 29, 2022. There was much courtroom drama as a bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and Milind Jadhav heard the interim applications filed by sitting trustees Kersi Randeria,… Continue reading Bombay HC evicts ex-trustee, orders Parsi Punchayet polls

Parsi Community welcomes Supreme Court’s new protocols for last rites of Parsi Covid-19 victims

Parsis in Mumbai and Gujarat have hailed the Supreme Court’s approval of a revised protocol for disposing of bodies of Parsi Covid-19 victims that re-allows for last rites as per the Zoroastrian culture. Friday’s decision comes after the Centre and Surat Parsi Punchayet (SPP) reached an agreement on ways and means to dispose of the… Continue reading Parsi Community welcomes Supreme Court’s new protocols for last rites of Parsi Covid-19 victims

Covid-19: Bombay Parsi Punchayet backs usual funeral; priest says can’t silence rules

The BMC has barred the Parsi practice of letting the bodies of community members dying of Coronavirus decay naturally saying traces of the virus could spread through pallbearers Most Parsis are opposed to the burial or cremation of the bodies of community members dying of COVID The Centre’s stand in the Supreme Court that it… Continue reading Covid-19: Bombay Parsi Punchayet backs usual funeral; priest says can’t silence rules

Bombay Parsi Punchayet trustees sign consent terms for elections to be held on Mar 27

Community heaves sigh of relief after consent terms for Bombay Parsi Punchayet elections are signed and ready for the Bombay High Court on Monday Noshir Dadrawala went on a hunger strike on October 18 to press for early BPP elections. File pic Article by Hemal Ashar | Mid-Day The Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s (BPP) five trustees… Continue reading Bombay Parsi Punchayet trustees sign consent terms for elections to be held on Mar 27

Bombay Parsi Punchayat trustees end hunger strike, say all issues resolved over elections

After high drama including a hunger protest by two of its trustees, the turmoil in the over 300-year-old Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP) was resolved on Wednesday evening. The BPP, the apex body representing Parsis and the city’s largest private landlord, has been wrecked due to continuous infighting among its trustees for over a decade now.… Continue reading Bombay Parsi Punchayat trustees end hunger strike, say all issues resolved over elections

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