“Photo of Supreme Court Judge JB Pardiwala with Sonia Gandhi”
What FACTLY found
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 Constit...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 July 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 July 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/A.TEACHER007/posts/pfbid08UeWFqugUDNoH7FFgsKp6dk9mEDYBtibyKBL59L…
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