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How Tarun Tejpal was given access to the victim s personal WhatsApp messages to build his defence Between two courts, the fundamental right of the accused was upheld and the fundamental right of the victim overlooked. Kartik Kakar The Goa fast track court’s verdict, which labelled the testimony of the victim in the Tarunjit Tejpal rape case as not being of “sterling quality”, drew heavily from the victim’s WhatsApp chat records. The court had allowed Tejpal to place those chats as material evidence to shoulder the bulk of his defence, which alluded to the victim’s “propensity to indulge in sexual conversations”, past “flirtatious” encounters, and post-offence conduct.

Andhra pradeshState of goaTushar mehtaTarunjit tejpalSunita sawantKshamam joshiMrinal satishJustice sikriShoma choudharyShoma chaudharyIndira jaisingKapil sibalNeena sharmaSupreme courtNational law school of india universityJustice verma committee