SC asks Delhi gang-rape lawyers to explain derogatory comments in BBC docu

March 24, 2015 11:39

The Supreme Court has sought a response from two lawyers for making derogatory remarks against women in the BBC documentary India's Daughter on the December 16 gang-rape case. The matter requires consideration in view of the factual and legal argument made by the women lawyers' association, the SC said.

The Supreme Court Women Lawyers' Association had moved a petition in the apex court seeking a complete ban on the entry of advocates ML Sharma (pictured) and AP Singh in the top court's premises.

The remarks made by Sharma and Singh, who represented accused in the 16 December Delhi gang-rape case, created an atmosphere of terror and an apprehension of misbehaviour among female lawyers, the women advocates said.

Read our 2013 interview with the two lawyers before the verdict in the gang-rape case was pronounced.

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