The terms of settlement in the priests ban case may fuel further litigation
After five years of litigating, legal bills totalling up to three crore rupees and a Supreme Court (SC) stamp of approval on the mediation terms, one would have thought the contentious issue of banning two priests from performing religious ceremonies at Doongerwadi and two fire temples controlled by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) would have been laid to rest. Not so.
A flurry of emails and messages criticizing and defending the terms of settlement are making the rounds of electronic and social media. The cause: a blatantly discriminatory clause in the consent terms that permits bereaved families from using the services......