Former Lok Sabha Secretary General, constitution expert Subhash Kashyap passes away
Former Lok Sabha Secretary General and constitutional expert Subhash C. Kashyap died at 97 after a prolonged illness in New Delhi.
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Subhash C. Kashyap, one of Parliament’s best-known constitutional experts, died on Thursday at his Sainik Farm home. The obituary traces a long career in Parliament, law and constitutional advising, including work on simultaneous elections.
Subhash Kashyap was like a master guide for India’s Parliament and Constitution. He spent his life helping explain how the country’s rulebook works, and he wrote many books about it. His death means India has lost a very experienced teacher and keeper of that knowledge.
Analysis
What happened
Subhash C. Kashyap, former Secretary General of the Lok Sabha and a noted constitutional expert, died on Thursday, June 4, 2026, after a prolonged illness. He was 97. Lok Sabha Secretariat officials said he died of cardio-pulmonary arrest at his Sainik Farm residence around 10 a.m.
His career
Kashyap served as Secretary General of the Lok Sabha from 1983 to 1990 and worked in Parliament for more than 37 years, spanning the period from Jawaharlal Nehru’s first Lok Sabha to the 9th Lok Sabha. The article says he was born in 1929 in Chadpur, Bijnor, in a family of freedom fighters, and took part in the national movement as a teenager by leading student movements in Bijnor and later Meerut.
Before joining Parliament, he worked as a journalist, an assistant professor at the University of Allahabad, and trained as an advocate at the Allahabad High Court. He also studied or trained in Allahabad, New Delhi, Washington DC, London and Geneva.
Public work and legacy
After voluntary retirement from Parliament, Kashyap served as honorary constitutional advisor to the Government of India on Panchayati Raj Institution laws. He was also a member and chairman of the drafting committee of the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. More recently, he served on the committee headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind that was preparing a legal framework for simultaneous elections.
The article notes that he authored more than 100 books and received the Padma Bhushan. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla called his death a profound loss to Indian parliamentary democracy, constitutional discourse and public life.
Key points
- Subhash C. Kashyap died in New Delhi after a prolonged illness at age 97.
- He served as Lok Sabha Secretary General from 1983 to 1990 and worked in Parliament for more than 37 years.
- He authored more than 100 books and received the Padma Bhushan.
- He later advised the government on Panchayati Raj laws, constitutional review and simultaneous elections.
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said his death was a profound loss to parliamentary democracy and constitutional discourse.
His books and long public service may continue to shape how lawmakers and scholars think about Parliament, constitutional rules and local self-government. The work he did on simultaneous elections and constitutional review remains available for future committees and debates.
His death removes a rare source of institutional memory from India’s parliamentary and constitutional world. Future policy work may have fewer people with his depth of experience across Parliament, law and constitutional advising.
