Heavy loss for country's democrats and legal society, CM condoles death of Shanti Bhushan

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condoled the death of former union law minister and senior Supreme Court advocate Shanti Bhushan. The chief minister condoled that Shanti Bhushan, who was an advocate and defender of civil rights, fought hard against corruption throughout his life.

His condolence message is ‘Tributes to former union law minister and senior advocate of the Supreme Court Shanti Bhushan. He was an advocate and defender of civil rights and fought hard against corruption throughout his life. He was also in the forefront of the struggle to protect democratic rights during the emergency.

Shanti Bhushan, who initially worked in the Congress Party and later in the Janata Party, handled the legal department in the Morarji Desai cabinet formed after the emergency. As the union law minister, he led the implementation of the Constitution based on democratic values.

Shanti Bhushan was one of the founders of the Centre for Public Interest Litigation in 1980. He was a person who always upheld constitutional values and democratic values. His demise is a great loss to the country's democrats and justice community. Joining in the grief of his relatives and friends.’