New Delhi: Taking serious exception to the controversial remarks reportedly by two lawyers M.L. Sharma and A.K. Singh, defending the accused in the December 16 gangrape case in the BBC documentary India’s Daughter, the Bar Council of India has issued a showcause notice to them.
The legal fraternity demanded action against these two lawyers for their outrageous remarks and the executive committee of the BCI met on Friday.
The meeting considered the remarks of these lawyers and decided to seek their comments before initiating further action, according to the BCI chairman Mannan Kumar Mishra.
He said, “We found that there is a prima facie case of professional misconduct against them warranting issue of showcause notice. They have been asked to respond in three weeks.”
Mr Sharma said, “I have not yet received the showcause notice from the BCI. As and when I get it, I will give a proper reply.”
He said, “My comments were misconstrued and misrepresented. The BBC filmmaker Leslee Udwin interviewed me for 10 minutes, but has used only a part of what I said. I have not spoken anything against women. In fact, I had stated that women needed protection. The media is misrepresenting my comments without watching the full documentary. I will initiate action against the television channels.”
The controversial documentary includes a controversial interview with the convict Mukesh, the driver of the bus in which a 23-year-old paramedical student was brutally gang-raped by six men on December 16, 2012.
