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“Nariman felicitated”

In the item "Nariman felicitated” (Events and Personalities, Parsiana, March 7-20, 2020), Dastur Khurshed Dastoor is quoted as having stated that Justice Rohinton Nariman was the first Zoroastrian priest to occupy a bench of the Supreme Court. This is incorrect.
Justice Dinshah Pirosha Madon (pictured) was the first Zoroastrian priest to have been elevated to the Supreme Court where he was a judge from March 15, 1983 till his retirement on April 6, 1986. Incidentally, he was also the first Zoroastrian judge of the Supreme Court of India.
DINYAR MADON
dinyarmadon@gmail.com

The editors reply:
Parsiana regrets the error.

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