Ferdino Rebello (born 31 August 1949), is an Indian jurist, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, former judge of the Bombay High Court, and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of

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Education

Rebello completed his LL.B. from the Government Law College, Mumbai and thereafter practiced in the High Court of Bombay at Goa. He also was a lecturer in law at the Salgaonkar Law College from 1975 to 1977.

Career

Rebello was the president of Goa High Court Bar Association from 1984 to 1996 and was designated a

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in 1995. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Goa in 1977 on a Janata Party ticket. In 1989, he unsuccessfully contested and lost parliamentary elections on a

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

ticket to Eduardo Falerio and has been inactive in politics ever since.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rebello, Ferdino 20th-century Indian judges Living people Judges of the Bombay High Court Chief Justices of the Allahabad High Court 1949 births Goa MLAs 1977–1980 Janata Party politicians People from Vasco da Gama, Goa