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Former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan

February 3 , 2023 662 days 557 0
  • Former Union law minister and eminent jurist Shanti Bhushan passed away recently.
  • He represented politician Raj Narain in the historic case that led to the annulment of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi's election in 1975.
  • In the historic Raj Narain vs Indira Nehru Gandhi case, the Allahabad High Court in June 1975 had disqualified Gandhi for a period of six years from contesting elections.
  • Bhushan served as the law minister from 1977 to 1979 in the Morarji Desai cabinet.
  • As the law minister, he introduced Forty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution in 1978.

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