AIDWA Presses for FIR against Defence lawyers in Nirbhaya Case
New Delhi. A delegation from AIDWA comprising Jagmati Sangwan, Sudha Sundararaman and Maimoona Mollah from Delhi JMS went to the Police Headquarters at 4.30 pm to press for filing an FIR and taking prompt action against defence lawyers in the Nirbhaya case, Shri M.L Sharma & Shri A P Singh, for making hateful and derogatory speeches and inciting violence against women in the BBC documentary and on national television.
AIDWA too intends to file an FIR against their hateful and derogatory comments that are meant to incite violence against women.
The Special Commissioner Law & Order Shri Deepak Mishra met the delegation and assured of immediate action.
The memorandum and transcript of the lawyers comments are as follows (issued by AIDWA)-
Memorandum
ALL INDIA DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION
4th March 2015

To,
Shri B.S Bassi,
The Police Commissioner,
New Delhi.

Sub: Demand to file FIR and act against defence lawyers in the Nirbhaya Case
Dear Shri Bassi ji,
We are shocked to hear the comments made by defence lawyers in the Nirbhaya case, Shri M.L Sharma & Shri A P Singh, which are hateful and derogatory in nature and incite violence against women in the BBC documentary and on national television.
The transcript of their comments is attached for your reference.
We urge you to immediately file an FIR against these persons under the relevant sections and take prompt action.
Sudha Sundararaman Jagmati Sangwan
(Vice President) (General Secretary)

Comments made by the defence lawyers in Nirbhaya case
ML SHARMA
A female is just like a flower. It gives a good-looking, very softness performance, pleasant. But on the other hand, a man is just like a thorn. Strong, tough enough. That flower always needs protection. If you put that flower in a gutter, it is spoilt. If you put that flower in a temple, it will be worshipped.
She should not be put on the streets just like food.
The ‘lady’, on the other hand, you can say the ‘girl’ or ‘woman’, are more precious than a gem, than a diamond. It is up to you how you want to keep that diamond in your hand.
If you put your diamond on the street, certainly the dog will take it out. You can't stop it.
You are talking about man and woman as friends. Sorry, that doesn't have any place in our society.
A woman means I immediately put the sex in his eyes.
We have the best culture. In our culture, there is no place for a woman.
That girl was with some unknown boy who took her on a date.
In our society, we never allow our girls to come out from the house after 6:30 or 7:30 or 8:30 in the evening with any unknown person.

AP SINGH
If very important, if very necessary, she should go outside. But she should go with the family members, like uncle, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, etc, etc. She should not go in night hours with her boyfriend.
There are a number of criminal cases of murder, robbery, rape pending against approximately 250 members of parliament.
Sitting members of parliament. But their cases are not being tried in fast-track courts. Their case is not tried based on day-to-day hearing. Why? If you want to give a message to society against rape, against robbery, against murder,
then you should start from your own neck.
If my daughter or sister engaged in pre-marital activities and disgraced herself and allowed herself to lose face and character by doing such things, I would most certainly take this sort of sister or daughter to my farmhouse, and in front of my entire family, I would put petrol on her and set her alight.
This is my stand. I still today stand on that reply.

Hastakshep