Shanti Bhushan

Shanti Bhushan was an Indian politician and lawyer. He served as the Law Minister of India holding office at the Ministry of Law and Justice from 1977 to 1979 in the Morarji Desai Ministry. He was a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India. Bhushan was a member of many prominent political parties, such as the Aam Aadmi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata Party and Indian National Congress. He and his son Prashant Bhushan were jointly placed at the 74th position in a list of the most powerful Indians published by The Indian Express in 2009.