Law bends before justice: Shanti Bhushan

Law bends before justice: Shanti Bhushan New Delhi, Mar 27 (UNI) Former Union Law Minister and Senior Counsel Shanti Bhushan, appearing for Shaukat Hussain Guru who has been serving ten year imprisonment in the Parliament attack case, today told the Supreme Court that ''justice was more important for a court of law than finality of proceedings''. Appearing before a bench comprising Justices P P Naolekar and V S Sirpurkar, Mr Bhushan said, ''Even law bends before justice.'' He contended before the court that Hussain was never given an opportunity to defend himself on the point of the offence for which he has been sentenced.

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