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Former Lok Sabha Secretary General and law adept Subhash C. Kashyap passed distant connected Thursday (June 4, 2026) aft a prolonged illness. He was 97.
Mr. Kashyap's extremity came astatine astir 10 a.m. astatine his Sainik Farm residence, officials of the Lok Sabha Secretariat said.
He was suffering from age-related issues and died of cardio-pulmonary arrest, they said.
Mr. Kashyap was portion of the high-level committee headed by erstwhile president Ram Nath Kovind to hole a ineligible model connected simultaneous elections.
Author of implicit 100 books, helium served arsenic the caput wide of Lok Sabha from 1983 to 1990. He served Parliament for implicit 37 years from the clip of Jawaharlal Nehru's archetypal Lok Sabha to the 9th Lok Sabha.
Born successful 1929 successful a household of state fighters astatine Chadpur successful Bijnor successful the past United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh), helium actively participated successful the nationalist conflict for Independence arsenic a teenager, starring section pupil movements archetypal successful Bijnor and aboriginal Meerut.
He received his higher acquisition and nonrecreational grooming astatine Allahabad, New Delhi, Washington DC, London and Geneva.
Mr. Kashyap began his nonrecreational vocation arsenic a writer and arsenic adjunct prof astatine the University of Allahabad and undertook advocate's grooming astatine the Allahabad High Court earlier joining Parliament.
Recipient of galore honours, helium was awarded the Padma Bhushan.
After voluntary status from Parliament, helium served arsenic honorary law advisor to the Government of India connected Panchayati Raj Institutions laws, arsenic a subordinate and president of the drafting committee of the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee authorities and precocious served arsenic a subordinate connected the committee connected 'One Nation, One Election' chaired by erstwhile president Ram Nath Kovind.
Mr. Kashyap is survived by his wife, 2 sons and a daughter.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla condoled his demise and said it is simply a profound nonaccomplishment to Indian parliamentary democracy, law sermon and nationalist life.
