Defense counsel of Nirbhaya rapist ML Sharma passes away at 69Sharma died after suffering from a kidney ailment. 
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ML Sharma.
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Noted advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, who made headlines for defending a convict in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case, breathed his last on December 19. He was 69.
A family source informed news agency PTI that Sharma died after suffering from a kidney ailment.
He drew attention for his PILs (Public interest litigation), including Rafale deal and Article 370, and being the lead petitioner in the coal block allocation scam case.
It was in 2014 that the Supreme Court declared coal allocation, between 1993 and 2009, as "illegal, arbitrary, non-transparent and devoid of any procedure."