Supreme Court of India

The Surat Parsi Panchayat Board and Another v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [2022] 1 S.C.R. 631
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant JJ.
Decided 4 February 2022

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Constitution of India: Art.25 – Freedom of religion – Appellant-Surat Parsi Panchayat Board filed petitio n before the High Court seeking, among other things, directions to allow the performance of Dokhmenashini or funeral rights in the Dokhmas belonging to the Parsi Zoroastrian community – The b asis of the grievance was that the protocols which were notified on 15 Mar ch 2020 by the Union Government during the onset of th e Covid-19 pandemic setting out modalities for the disposal of dead bodies did not comport with the tenets of the Zoroastrian faith – High Court dismissed the petition –

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