Court tells Delhi gang rape lawyers to explain documentary remarks

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By Suchitra Mohanty NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India’s top court on Tuesday called on two lawyers to explain comments made in a controversial BBC documentary on the gang rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus, after female advocates said the remarks were “inhumane” and “unjustifiable”. The documentary “India’s Daughter” was banned by the government earlier this month, when the home minister said remarks by Mukesh Singh – one of four men convicted for the December 2012 crime – in which he blamed the victim, were derogatory and an affront to the dignity of women.

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Court tells Delhi gang rape lawyers to explain documentary remarks