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&lt;p id=&quot;p_1&quot;&gt;ML Sharma and AK Singh are defence lawyers for the four men on death row for brutally gangraping and killing a 23-year-old medical student in a moving bus in Delhi in December 2012.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_2&quot;&gt;In the film &lt;em&gt;India's Daughter&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;- banned in India and telecast by the &lt;em&gt;BBC,&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sharma has at one point said that there is no place for women in Indian culture. Both AK Singh and he make other outrageous comments too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_3&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;  rel='nofollow' href=&quot;https://www.change.org/p/bar-council-of-india-initiate-investigation-and-take-appropriate-action-against-nirbhaya-defence-lawyers?recruiter=37772444&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=autopublish&amp;utm_term=mob-xs-share_petition-no_msg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Reportedly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, advocate ML Sharma, has given a statement reflecting gender bias.&lt;/p&gt;

Why people want action against Nirbhaya's defence lawyers

In the film 'India's Daughter' the defence advocate ML Sharma has at one point said that there is no place for women in Indian culture.