Rustam Sohrabji Sidhwa (1 September 1927 – 31 March 1997)
[Former Judge Rustam S. Sidhwa passed away on 31 March 1997]
United Nations website, Published 1 April 1997, Retrieved 4 November 2021 was a
judge on the
Supreme Court of
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
as well as one of the original eleven judges of the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
[Obituary, Rustam Sidhwa, Sarasota Herald Tribune (newspaper), Published 2 April 199]
Available on Google (page 39)
Retrieved 4 November 2021
Career
Pakistan
He passed the Bar in 1951 and was elevated to a judge of the Lahore High Court
The Lahore High Court () is based in Lahore, Pakistan. It was established as a high court on 21 March 1882. The Lahore High Court has jurisdiction over Punjab (Pakistan). The High Court's principal seat is in Lahore, but there are benches in th ...
in 1978.[ Between 14 December 1989 and 31 August 1992, he served on the ]Supreme Court of Pakistan
The Supreme Court of Pakistan ( ur, ; ''Adālat-e-Uzma Pākistān'') is the apex court in the judicial hierarchy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Established in accordance to thePart VIIof the Constitution of Pakistan, it has ultimate a ...
.
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Sidhwa served as a judge in the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia from 1993 until his resignation in July 1996 for health reasons. He was succeeded by Saad Saood Jan.[
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Works
Justice Sidhwa was also a keen philatelist and wrote a catalogue. He wrote a book as well.
* The Lahore High Court and Its Principal Bar, Pakistan Times Press, Lahore, 1967
* Sidhwa's Catalogue, Pakistan stamps, errors & varieties, 1947–78, Kermin, Lahore 1978
References
External links
International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia
1927 births
1997 deaths
Pakistani judges
Parsi people
Pakistani Zoroastrians
Pakistani philatelists
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia judges
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Pakistani judges of United Nations courts and tribunals
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