Hardly a stranger to controversy, Prashant Bhushan, 63, is one of the brightest lawyers of his generation and has a passion for human rights. The son of Shanti Bhushan, a former Law Minister in Morarji Desai’s Cabinet, Prashant Bhushan had a formidable example to follow. Prashant Bhushan founded the Campaign for Judicial Accountability & Judicial Reforms (CJAR), which often found itself in the midst of court-room dramas. In the course of the hearing, standing before the then Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, a fearless Prashant Bhushan asked for the recusal of the CJI as the allegations in the first information report (FIR) were against him. Prashant Bhushan admitted later that Anna Hazare and the IAC movement were used by the right wing.

Source: The Hindu August 29, 2020 01:18 UTC