‘Tandoorasti’ not marriage: Bombay HC rejects divorce plea over disputed Parsi marriage ritual
Following the jury’s decision, the woman argued that the event held in Mumbai was an “Aashirwad” ceremony or a blessings ceremony.
The Bombay High Court has dismissed a divorce petition filed by a Parsi woman in Australia, ruling that the ceremony held for her marriage in Mumbai was not a valid Parsi marriage but a traditional Zoroastrian "Tandoorasti" ritual. The court relied on a unanimous jury of Parsi delegates who found that the November 2010 event did not meet the criteria for a "Aashirwad" marriage ceremony required under the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936.
The woman had sought a divorce and ₹5 crore in permanent alimony, while her husband contested the petition, arguing that the event held in Mumbai was merely a reception and lacked the required rituals. The court upheld the husband's preliminary objection, emphasizing that the absence of essential marriage rituals under the Act renders the Mumbai ceremony invalid for the purposes of the PMD Act.
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