http://dbpedia.org/data/Dorab_Patel.atom2024-03-28T20:33:05.147109ZOData Service and Descriptor Documenthttp://dbpedia.org/resource/Dorab_Patel2024-03-28T20:33:05.147109Z1115619193Justice Dorab Framrose Patel (b. 1924 – d.15 March 1997), was a Pakistan 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. Justice 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. Justice Patel died of leukaemia on 1997 in Islamabad, and was buried in Karachi.1976-01-071924-06-171976-01-07Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan1924-06-171997-03-15BarristerChief Justice of Sindh High CourtJurist and judgeDorab Framrose PatelMumbai, British India104607521970-04-16Dorab Patel7338Islamabad, ICT, Pakistan1970-04-16Karachi, Sindh, PakistanDorab Framrose Patel1967-12-06Dorab Framrose Patel1981-03-24Justice Dorab Patel, 1974Chief Justice of West Pakistan High CourtJustice Dorab Framrose Patel (b. 1924 – d.15 March 1997), was a Pakistan 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. Justice 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.Honorable Right Justice1997-03-15Dorab Framrose Patel