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TopicShanti Bhushan

Topic: Shanti Bhushan

Former union minister and senior advocate Shanti Bhushan passes away at 97

Bhushan, whose sons Jayant and Prashant Bhushan are leading lawyers, served as the law minister from 1977 to 1979 in the Morarji Desai cabinet.

Prashant Bhushan is a selective crusader for democracy, with a cussed streak of intolerance

When it came to undemocratic attacks on AAP govt and Arvind Kejriwal, 'guardian of democracy' Prashant Bhushan mostly stayed silent, or rejoiced. 

Now another SC bench calls for fresh examination of powers of chief justice of India

A day after Justice Chelameswar refused to entertain Shanti Bhushan's petition, justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan admitted it.

Shanti & Prashant Bhushan move Supreme Court against powers of chief justice

They have argued that ‘master of roster’ could not be an ‘unguided and unbridled discretionary power, exercised arbitrarily by the CJI by hand-picking benches of select judges.’

On Camera

Nehru and Jinnah made Indian politics their personal quarrel. Partition was a consequence

Ambedkar regarded both Gandhi and Jinnah as suffering from ‘colossal egotism’, who made Indian politics a matter of their ‘personal quarrel’ and brought it to a standstill.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.