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{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1965)}}
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{{Infobox Judge
| name = Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala
| image = Pardiwala.jpg
| office = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]
| term_start = 9 May 2022
| term_end =
| appointer = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| nominator = [[N. V. Ramana]]
| office1 = Judge of the [[Gujarat High Court]]
| term_start1 = 17 February 2011
| term_end1 = 8 May 2022
| appointer1 = [[Pratibha Patil]]
| nominator1 = [[S. H. Kapadia]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|8|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]] (now [[Mumbai]]), [[Maharashtra]], India
| alma_mater = K.M. Law College,[[Valsad]]
| website = {{URL|www.sci.gov.in}}
}}

'''Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala''' (born 12 August 1965) is an [[Indian People|Indian]] [[jurist]] who has been serving as a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] since May 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 May 2022 |title=Centre notifies appointment of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice JB Pardiwala as SC Judges |work=The New Indian Express |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/may/07/centre-notifies-appointment-of-justice-sudhanshu-dhulia-and-justice-jb-pardiwala-as-sc-judges-2450884.html |access-date=7 May 2022}}</ref> He is a former judge of the [[Gujarat High Court]] and is in line to become the [[Chief Justice of India]] (CJI) in May 2028. If he does become the CJI, he is expected to serve a term of 2 years and 3 months.

== Early life and career ==
Pardiwala was born on 12 August 1965 in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], in a family of lawyers. His father, Burjor Cawasji Pardiwala, was a third-generation lawyer and served as a member of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-09 |title=A fourth-generation lawyer, Justice Jamshed Pardiwala set for SC step-up |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/fourth-generation-lawyer-justice-jamshed-pardiwala-marks-meteoric-rise-with-sc-step-up-7906985/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

Pardiwala studied at St. Joseph's E. T. High School in [[Valsad]], [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Collegium recommends names of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia, Jamshed B Pardiwala for elevation to SC |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/collegium-justices-sudhanshu-dhulia-jamshed-b-pardiwala-elevation-sc-7903191/ |work=The Indian Express |date=6 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> He completed his degree in [[Law]] from K.M. Law College, Valsad, in 1988 and started practice at Valsad in 1989. He was elected as a member of the [[Bar Council of Gujarat]] from 1994 to 2000. He has also worked as a member of the Gujarat High Court Legal Services Authority.

== Judicial career ==
===Gujarat High Court===
Pardiwala was appointed as an additional judge of the [[Gujarat High Court]] on 17 February 2011 and was made permanent judge on 28 January 2013. He served in the Gujarat High Court until May 2022. During this period, he has also served as the President of the Gujarat State Judicial Academy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=J.B. Pardiwala |url=https://www.scobserver.in/judges/jamshed-burjor-pardiwala/ |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=Supreme Court Observer |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Supreme Court of India===
He was elevated as judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] on 9 May 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ojha |first=Srishti |date=2022-05-09 |title=Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia & JB Pardiwala Take Oath As Supreme Court Judges |url=https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/breaking-justices-sudhanshu-dhulia-jb-pardiwala-take-oath-as-supreme-court-judges-198601 |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=www.livelaw.in |language=en}}</ref> He was part of the majority of the Constitution bench which upheld the 103rd Constitutional amendment of EWS reservation. He remarked, "Reservation cannot go on for an indefinite period".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/reservation-casteless-classless-society-supreme-court-majority-judges-in-ews-quota-case-213462 | title=Reservation Can't Continue Indefinitely, Should be Revisited for "Casteless Classless Society": Supreme Court Judges in EWS Quota Case | date=7 November 2022 }}</ref> This judgement of the Supreme Court has been criticized by some.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/ews-reservation-sc-verdict-worries-experts-1.8035016 | title=EWS reservation: SC verdict worries experts | date=10 November 2022 }}</ref> He is in line to become the [[Chief Justice of India]] in May 2028 and is expected to serve for a term of 2 years and 3 months.<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Next Chief Justices of India |url=https://www.scobserver.in/journal/who-are-the-nine-next-chief-justices-of-india/ |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=Supreme Court Observer |language=en-US}}</ref>

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