Dorab Framrose Patel | |
|---|---|
 Justice Dorab Patel, 1974 | |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan | |
| In office 7 January 1976 – 24 March 1981 | |
| Nominated by | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Appointed by | Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry |
| Preceded by | Hamoodur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Haleem |
| Chief Justice of Sindh High Court | |
| In office 16 April 1970 – 7 January 1976 | |
| Nominated by | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Chief Justice of West Pakistan High Court | |
| In office 6 December 1967 – 16 April 1970 | |
| Nominated by | Ayub Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dorab Framrose Patel 17 June 1924 Mumbai, British India |
| Died | 15 March 1997 (aged 72) Islamabad, ICT, Pakistan |
| Resting place | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Nationality |  Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Bombay University (LLB) London School of Economics (MSc and LLM) |
Dorab Framrose Patel (1924 [1] – 15 March 1997) was a Pakistani jurist of Parsi descent, and lawmaker who served as a former justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and former chief justice of the Sindh High Court. Patel was a prominent campaigner for human rights, and was a founding member of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) in 1987 and the co-founder of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
A Parsi by faith, he rose up the ranks of the judiciary to become one of Pakistan's most senior most judges, only to resign on principle after refusing to take an oath of allegiance to Chief Martial Law Administrator and Chief of Army Staff at that time, General Zia-ul-Haq in 1981. Patel died of leukaemia on 1997 in Islamabad, and was buried in Karachi.[1]
- ^ a b "PAKISTAN: Dorab Patel?s Second". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2007.