In 1954 the Bombay High Court permitted
The J. B. Vachha High School to admit non Parsis
Armin Wandrewala
An edited and abridged extract from the book Brick by Brick, Thought by Thought… The J. B. Vachha High School by Armin Wandrewala has been reprinted with permission from the author.
As per the trust deeds the J. B. Vachha (JBV) School could only admit Parsi Zoroastrian children. Initially, the School received a grant-in-aid from both the state and the municipality. After India’s independence in 1947, while the Indian Constitution was being drafted, educational authorities of the then government decided not to give grants to communal schools. The Inspectress of Girls’ Schools, Bombay, and the Superintendent of Gujarati and Aided Schools,......