Allahabad High Court Gets Its First Catholic Chief Justice By SAR NEWS
ALLAHABAD, Uttar Pradesh (SAR NEWS) -- Justice Ferdinh I. Rebello of the Mumbai High Court was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, whose jurisdiction covers the most populous State of Uttar Pradesh. He was administered the oath of office by State Governor B.C. Joshi at Allahabad, June 26. Justice Rebello is the first Catholic Christian to be elevated to the august office in the Allahabad High Court. Rebello was born July 31, 1949, in Goa. He obtained his law degree from the Government Law College, Goa. He practised in the tiny state from 1977 to 1982 in the local courts, and thereafter at the Panaji Bench of the Mumbai High Court. He was also a lecturer at the Salgaoncar Law College and president of the Goa High Court Bar Association. He was appointed an additional judge of the Mumbai High Court in 1996, and two years later, was made a permanent judge. After 14 years as a high court judge, he has now been elevated as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court. Kanpur Catholic Association, in a letter signed by its president Chhotebhai Noronha, has congratulated Justice Rebello on his new assignment saying it was a great honour for the miniscule Catholic community in northern India. The letter expressed the hope that during his tenure, litigants would have access to speedy and affordable justice.
