Former Law Minister and senior advocate Shanti Bhushan passes away at 97

Former Law Minister and senior advocate Shanti Bhushan passed away aged 97 on Tuesday after a brief illness. He served as Law Minister from 1977 to 1979 in the Morarji Desai Cabinet. He founded NGO 'Centre for Public Interest Litigation' in 1980. "All I can say is that this is the end of an era," his son Prashant Bhushan said.