[1] He had filed the first petition before the Supreme Court about the Indian coal allocation scam.
[1] In 2007, as an independent advocate, he filed a public interest litigation petition in the Supreme Court in the case of Sant Muktabai Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana.
[4][1] The Delhi gang rape case shot him into the international media limelight[1] He was, at the time, the only lawyer prepared to defend the rape accused in the face of a boycott call by various advocate associations.
[5] In defence of the accused in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case, Sharma blamed the victim for using public transportation.
"[1][6] Sharma claimed the gang rape was "planned by her boyfriend to gain political mileage.