Justice Rahmat Hussain Jafferi retired on Monday as Judge of the Supreme Court on attaining the age of superannuation. He was elevated to the apex court on September 7, 2009. Earlier, he served the Sindh High Court as an ad hoc Judge and was confirmed as a permanent Judge on August 27, 2003.
He had refused to take oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order on November 3, 2007. He was born in Larkana, Sindh on 22.11.1945. He started his early education at Larkana. He obtained a bachelor of arts degree from Government College Larkana and LLB from Sindh Law College Karachi.
Enrolled as an Advocate at Larkana Bar Association, he worked under the able guidance of his father Fakir Muhammad Jafferi, who was District Public Prosecutor Larkana in pre-partition days till 1965. Rahmat Hussain Jafferi joined Sindh Judiciary as Civil Judge First Class Magistrate in 1972.
In 1974, he married with a daughter of Justice Z.A.Channa, who was known as an honest, intelligent and hard working Judge and had also served as federal secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights Division. Later on, Jafferi was promoted as Senior Civil Judge, Additional Sessions Judge and District & Sessions Judge. He also served in various districts of Sindh in different capacities and was appointed as Registrar, High Court of Sindh.