Former law minister Ashwani Kumar called for Paris event

Former Union Minister for Law and Justice Ashwani Kumar has been invited by French President Emmanuel Macron to the "pantheonisation ceremony" of eminent jurist Robert Badinter in Paris on October 9. The ceremony is presided over by the French president. Kumar thanked the French President for the invitation and said he would be present during the event.

Badinter, the former French minister for Justice under President Mitterrand and later President of France’s Constitutional Council, has been accorded the exceptional honour of Pantheonisation (given his final resting place at the Pantheon in Paris). This is an exceptional honour reserved for the most distinguished French citizens.

The Pantheonisation ceremony is presided over by the President of France.

Badinter was a crusader for the abolition of capital punishment and succeeded in the abolition of capital punishment in France.

Kumar has maintained warm relationship with the French political leadership and has also served as President of the Indo-French Parliamentary Friendship Group.