Former Law Minister and Supreme Court advocate Shanti Bhushan passed away on Tuesday evening, 31 January.
Details: The 97-year-old was suffering from a brief illness, according to The Indian Express.
The veteran lawyer breathed his last at his home in Delhi, Live Law reported.
The Supreme Court Bar Association informed that he will be cremated at Lodhi Crematorium in the city on Wednesday noon, 1 February.
“All I can say is that this is the end of an era. He was a person who saw the evolution of the Constitution and the legal system from close quarters since Independence. He wrote about these experiences in two books – Courting Destiny and My Second Innings. All I can say is that this is an immense loss for all of us,” his son, lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan, was quoted as saying in the report.