ONE of the most well-known faces of India’s legal community, Prashant Bhushan is a public interest lawyer at the Supreme Court of India. Born on October 15, 1956, he has been an outspoken critic of death penalty, India’s role in Kashmir and against Naxalism, and the treatment of minorities in the country. He has been a votary of greater judicial and government accountability, and was a member of ‘Team Anna’, a faction of the India Against Corruption movement that supported Anna Hazare’s campaign for the implementation of the Jan Lokpal Bill. He helped Team Anna found the Aam Aadmi Party, but later distanced himself from the party due to ideological differences. He is the National President of Swaraj Abhiyan, another political party he founded along with Yogendra Yadav, and the Sambhaavnaa Institute of Public Policy and Politics in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh.
While still a student, Bhushan wrote the book ‘The Case that Shook India’ (1978) on the court case that set aside Indira Gandhi’s Lok Sabha election in 1974.
In this interview, Bhushan talks to The Leaflet about the many symptoms of the illness he feels has gripped the Indian Republic, and meditates on the manner in which the health
— source newsclick.in | Arif Ayaz Parrey | 26 Jan 2023