Claim: Photo of Supreme Court Judge JB Pardiwala with Sonia Gandhi.
Fact-check: The person in this photo with Sonia Gandhi is ex-Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan, not Justice J.B. Pardiwala - FACTLY
Verdict: the photo is of justice k.g. balakrishnan with sonia gandhi. the photo was taken in january 2007 when justice k.g. balakrishnan was congratulated on being appointed as the chief justice of india. justice j.b. pardiwala was elevated as the supreme court judge on 09 may 2022. he was never a congress mla, however, his father, barjorji cowasji pardiwala had once served as the speaker of gujarat legislative assembly. barjorji cowasji pardiwala was elected as an mla from the valsad assembly constituency on an indian national congress ticket. barjorji cowasji pardiwala passed away in 2015 due to some age-related illness. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Abhishek Mandadi
Date published: 2022-07-04T10:49:46