India News: PANAJI: The Goa bench of Bombay high court on Wednesday issued notice to Tehelka founder-editor Tarun Tejpal in the Goa government’s appeal challengin.
The Goa government in its appeal before the Bombay High Court against journalist Tarun Tejpal's acquittal in a rape case said it was a fit case for retrial, citing the trial court's lack of understanding of a survivor's post-trauma behaviour.
Tarun Tejpal case judgement will deter rape victims from fighting case, say women’s groups, activists, academicians
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June 02, 2021 20:55 IST
The signatories of the statement include organisations like All India Democratic Women s Association, All India Progressive Women s Association, Forum Against Oppression of Women as well as ex- MP Subhasini Ali, JNU s Prabhat Patnaik and Arundhati Dhuru of National Alliance of People s Movement.
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Former journalist Tarun Tejpal arrives for the verdict hearing of the sexual assault case in which he is accused of raping a female journalist in the lift of a five-star hotel in Goa in November 2013, at the district court of Mapusa in Goa on May 21, 2021. Tejpal has been acquited of the rape charge. | Photo Credit: