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Ashok Desai

  • 10 Jun 2020

  • Former Attorney General of India (from 9 July 1996 to 6 May 1998) and the Solicitor General of India (from 18 December 1989 to 2 December 1990) Ashok H. Desai has passed away.
  • He was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to the field of law and jurisprudence
  • He was involved in noted cases like Vineet Narain - about powers of a Court to monitor investigation against political leaders hence evolved the concept of "continuing mandamus" so that a Court could oversee whether its orders were being carried out.