Michael Francis Saldanha popularly known as M. F. Saldanha, is an Indian judge and former Justice of the Bombay High Court. Although retired from official duty, he conducted an unofficial investigation into the 2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka and was outspoken against the protests and published a report in early 2011 investigating the attacks on Christian institutions and people, written up after he visited 413 locations, examined 673 witnesses and 2,114 victims of the attacks. He was strongly critical of the state government and police in his Saldanha Commission report described the attacks as "state-sponsored terrorism" and concluded that "the attacks and incidents which took place were instigated and pre-planned. They were not only supported by the state but were also covered up for by the state." He was also critical of the official Bharatiya Janata Party government investigation and report into the attacks by B. K. Somasekhara, given that he said there was photographic and video evidence of police misconduct that the government commission had not identified.
Justice Saldanha was born on February 13, 1942. He was enrolled as an Advocate on October 10, 1964, and practiced in various kinds of matters ranging from Criminal, Customs, and Central Excise cases. He was appointed as an Assistant Government Pleader on the Constitutional Penal handling work on behalf of the Government of Maharashtra in 1974. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court on July 30, 1990, and permanent Judge on July 28, 1992. Transferred to the Karnataka High Court on July 1, 1994. Retired on 13th February 2004.
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