Calcutta High Court grants live-streaming of a plea seeking entry to the fire temple
Kolkata/UNI: In a first, Calcutta High Court today gave green light to live streaming of a hearing in connection with a Parsi women’s plea seeking her grandmother’s entry into the fire temple, the Zorathatrian community’s place of worship in the city.
According to rituals, anyone marrying outside the community cannot enter the fire temple.
A two-judge bench comprising Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Kausik issued the ruling on a petition filed by Prochy N Mehta and her daughter Sanaya Mehta Vyas who got married outside the community.
Phiroze Edulzi, petitoner’s lawyer, said, “Through live-streaming, we want every Indian Parsi to have access to the whole hearing process and hear the court's take."
The defendants in the case are late Ervad Dhunjeebhoy Byramjee Mehta's Zoroastrian Anjuman Atash Adaram Trust and the Parsi Zoroastrian Association of Kolkata, which is a member of the trust and is also seeking live-streaming of the court hearings.
Edulji said a plea earlier put forth by the Parsi Zoroastrian Association of Kolkata to live-stream the proceedings was rejected by the trial court.
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