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Rustam S Sidhwa

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Occupation
  
Lawyer, judge

Died
  
March 31, 1997

Role
  
Judge

Name
  
Rustam Sidhwa

Religion
  
Zoroastrian


Born
  
September 1, 1927 (
1927-09-01
)

Rustam Sohrabji Sidhwa (1 September 1927 – 31 March 1997) was a former judge on the Supreme Court of Pakistan as well as one of the original eleven judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

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Pakistan

He passed the Bar in 1951 and was elevated to a judge of the Lahore High Court in 1978. Between 14 December 1989 and 31 August 1992 he served on the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

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.

Philatelist

Justice Sidhwa was also a keen philatelist and wrote a catalogue.

Books

  • 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

    Rustam S. Sidhwa Wikipedia