16 December gangrape: 2 death row convicts get new counsel

An advocate on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that he will represent two death row convicts — Mukesh and Pawan — in the 16 December gang rape case. However, the court rejected his plea for recusal of one of the judges from the case. Appearing before the bench of justices Reva Khetrapal and Pratibha Rani, advocate ML Sharma said he has filed a ‘vakalatnama’ for Mukesh and Pawan and their relatives, including Mukesh’s brother Suresh, were also present in the court. The bench recorded the presence of Sharma for Mukesh and Pawan and that of advocate AP Singh, appearing for convicts Vinay and Akshay Thakur as defence counsel in the case.