People, Positions and Obituaries · 7 June 2026

Subhash C Kashyap Passes Away at 97

Exam-focused facts from the 7 June 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • Subhash C Kashyap, a renowned constitutional expert and former Secretary General of the Lok Sabha, passed away at the age of 97 in New Delhi.
  • He served as the Secretary General of the seventh, eighth, and ninth Lok Sabha during the period from 1984 to 1990.
  • Kashyap was a member of the high-level committee on simultaneous elections chaired by former President Ram Nath Kovind and served on the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC).
  • He was conferred with the Padma Bhushan in 2015 and authored prominent legal texts including Our Constitution: An Introduction to India’s Constitution and Constitutional Law.
  • His career included roles as the Honorary Constitutional Advisor on Panchayati Raj Laws and the head of the Centre for Innovation and Development in Parliaments (CIDP) at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva.

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