Tarun Tejpal Judgment Underlines How Little the Judiciary Has Learnt on Sexual Violence
Once again, the judge has put the survivor on trial while acquitting the accused.
Tarun Tejpal. Photo: Reuters
Women6 hours ago
Tarun Tejpalâs acquittal by a trial court in a rape case has left millions of Indians concerned about the safety and wellbeing of women. This article is not intended to be a critique of the judgment
per se or an assessment of the evidence in the case, as it deserves a separate article. The state of Goa has already gone into appeal and thus there are two stages at which its legal validity can, and hopefully, will be examined.
The Karnataka High Court recently allowed a petition filed by a student of National Law School of India University and directed the University to forthwith promote the student to the 4th year B.A. LL.B (Hons) for the academic year 2020-21.
A single bench of
Justice Krishna S Dixit while allowing the petition filed by Dayan Warsi, strongly disapproved the approach of the medical officer of the university who refused to attest the medical records of the petitioner on the ground that petitioner s attendance being about 65%, was less than the prescribed 67%.
The Court noted that the University had condoned attendance shortage to several other students despite their attendance being shorter than the prescribed percentage.