Former chief information commissioner launches online petition against Ram Jethmalani

MUMBAI: Former chief information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi has strongly criticized senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani — who is defending Asaram in a rape case — for his reported statement that "the girl was afflicted with a chronic disease which draws a woman to a man," and that "this was subject to police investigation".

He has launched an online petition demanding that the bar council cancel his membership.

Gandhi said, "This is a vile, defamatory and vulgar statement meant to overawe the minor girl. It calls for great courage for a minor girl to file a complaint against Asaram," he said.

Gandhi added it was because of the national mood due to the supreme sacrifice of Nirbhaya, that "girls are now gathering the courage to report cases of molestation, sexual harassment, assault and rape. The trial is of Asaram, not of the victim. Jethmalani's pronouncement appears to overawe her and threaten her with character assassination. If this becomes the trend, defence lawyers will consider it legitimate to use such despicable tactics and the entire gain in getting girls to report such heinous crimes will regress," he said.

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