Justice JB Pardiwala Supreme Court Judge Biography, Age, Family, Father Congress MLA, Religion, Profile, Education, Twitter, Statement On Nupur Sharma

Justice JB Pardiwala Supreme Court Judge Biography, Age, Family, Father Congress MLA, Religion, Profile, Education, Twitter, Statement On Nupur Sharma

Justice Pardiwala has been in the news after he presides over Nupur Sharma’s case and he also blamed her for what is happening in the country, know the religion, father and profile of JB

The Supreme Court on Friday denied Nupur Sharma, a former BJP spokesman, any relief and stated that she was solely to blame for all that was going on in the nation at the time. The justices of the Supreme Court who made this statement had been in the news for some time.

Of all the justices, Justice Pardiwala has garnered attention for blaming Nupur Sharma for the beheading in Udaipur. While some are praising the justice, others call his remarks unnecessary.

Justice JB Pardiwala Supreme Court Judge Biography, Age, Family, Father Congress MLA, Religion, Profile, Education, Twitter And Statement On Nupur Sharma

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He has been a rallying point of dominated discussion of the country at that time. So, let’s find out more about him:

Who Is Justice Pardiwala?

Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala, also known as justice Pardiwala, has been a judge of the Supreme Court of India since May 2022. He recently gained national attention for ruling on Nupur Sharma’s plea for interim relief in the case where is accused of insulting the Prophet Mohammad and hurting religious sentiments.

On August 12, 1965, Justice JB Pardiwala was born in Mumbai into a family of lawyers. To be exact, In Valsad, his great-grandfather Navrojji Bhikhaji Pardiwala began practising law in 1894, and his grandfather Cawasji Navrojji Pardiwala attended the Valsad Bar in 1929 and continued to practice until 1958.

The Valsad District Bar Association was presided over by his father, Burjorji Cawasji Pardiwala, who became a lawyer in 1955. His father Burjorji was also a Congress MLA who served as the speaker of the 7th Gujarat Assembly from 1989 to 1990 and was well-known for his expertise in civil and customs problems.

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Justice Pardiwala graduated from K.M. Law College in Valsad in 1988 with a law degree. Presently, he is 56 years old.

His Career

In January 1989, he started practising law after receiving his law degree. From 1994 to 2000, he was a member of the Gujarat Bar Council.

Later, on February 17, 2011, he was appointed as an additional judge of the Gujarat High Court. On January 28, 2013, he was designated a permanent judge. Till May 2022, he was employed with the Gujarat High Court. He has also held the position of President of the Gujarat State Judicial Academy throughout this time.

On May 9, 2022, he ascended to become a judge of the Indian Supreme Court. He is scheduled to take office as India’s Chief Justice in May 2028 and is anticipated to hold the position for two years. His is a parsi, a community whose genocide was carried out by Muslims in Iran ensuing which they fled to seek refuge in India.

Parsis are an ethnoreligious group of the Indian subcontinent whose religion is Zoroastrianism and their ancestors migrated to the region from Sassanid Iran following its conquest by Arab Muslims under the Rashidun Caliphate in the 7th century CE.

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