Ferdino Rebello

Ferdino Rebello
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byRoque Santana Fernandes
Succeeded byJose Mario Vaz
ConstituencyCuncolim
Personal details
Born (1949-08-31) 31 August 1949
PartyJanata Party
Alma materGovernment Law College, Mumbai (LL.B)

Ferdino Inacio Rebello (born 31 August 1949) is a retired Indian jurist, social activist,[1] and politician who served as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court from 26 June 2010 to 30 July 2011.[2] He is a former judge of the Bombay High Court,[3] and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu.[4]

Early life

Ferdino Inacio Rebello was born on 31 August 1949 in Cuncolim, Portuguese Goa.[5][2]

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 Senior Advocate in 1995.[2] He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Goa in 1977 on a Janata Party ticket.[6] In 1989, he unsuccessfully contested and lost parliamentary elections on a Janata Party ticket to Eduardo Falerio and has been inactive in politics ever since.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Goa's very own 'revolutionary' jurist". The Times of India. 6 December 2015. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b c "Website, High Court of Allahabad". Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Bombay High Court Website".
  4. ^ "Time of India". The Times of India. 22 July 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ^ "Biodata" (PDF). Goa Vidhan Sabha.
  6. ^ "Poll Results 1977".
  7. ^ Rubinoff, Arthur (27 September 1997). "The Defeat of Eduardo Falerio". Economic and Political Weekly. 32: 2469. JSTOR 4405899.