Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi was born on 2nd February 1962 in Karachi; his father (late) Syed Ali Azhar Rizvi was the member of the Central Committee of All India Muslim Students Federation; he also held various important posts in that organizational set up in U.P. and Lakhnow (India) of the AIMSF; actively participated in the independence movement for Pakistan; a retired government servant who served for the “Cabinet Secretariat”, Government of Pakistan on an important and sensitive position.

Justice Rizvi initially graduated with Bachelors in Sciences, and then went on to study law. After completing his LL.B., he also did his LL.M

He started his practice in 1988 with his uncle Syed Izhar Haider Rizvi, a Senior Advocate, Educationalist and author of several books on Law. He was enrolled as an Advocate of the Subordinate Courts on 8th of October 1988; High Courts of Pakistan on 1st December 1990; and Advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan on 18th January 2003.

Justice Rizvi has served as Legal Advisor/Advocate for multiple state organizations, a few of them are as follows:

• National Bank of Pakistan (10th January 1991 upto date of his elevation to the Bench)
• Karachi Port Trust (10th October 1991 upto date of his elevation to the Bench)
• Port Qasim Authority, Karachi (2002 upto date of his elevation to the Bench)

In addition to litigation, he also undertook advisory work as part of his practice. He has served as an advisor to Karachi Electric Supply Corporation and Retainer to Balochistan Particle Board Limited, Habib & Sons (Pvt.) Limited, Partico (Pvt.) Limited etc. He was also a part-time lecturer at the Law Department of Federal Government Urdu Law College (presently Urdu University), Karachi.

Justice Rizvi was elevated to the Bench at the High Court of Sindh on 18th February 2010. He mostly decided cases pertaining to commercial, banking, civil, tax, criminal, intellectual property and services matters. He was entrusted with additional duties by various Chief Justices of the High Court. The following are a few of the committees on which he served:

• Chairman – Selection Committee for Promotion
• Chairman – Rule Committee (Civil)
• Chairman – Development Committee
• Chairman – Committee to Determine Inter-Se Seniority of Judges
• Chairman – Clinic Committee
• Member – Administration Committee
• Member –Selection Board

In addition to the above committees, he was tasked with monitoring and inspecting of judicial work, including scrutiny of judgments by the following Courts/Tribunals in Karachi (Central): Commercial Courts; Environmental Protection Tribunal; and Anti-Corruption Courts.

In October, 2017, as a Judge of High Court of Sindh, he participated at the Regional Collegium on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Judges in Higher Courts held in Tokyo, Japan organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

In 2021-22 he supervised and monitored, the conducting of MCQs and written tests held for the appointment of Civil Judges in the province of Sindh.

He served as a Judge of the High Court of Sindh, before taking his oath as the Judge of the Apex Court of the country on 11th November 2022.