SC rejects Tarun Tejpal’s plea to quash sexual assault case, calls it a ‘morally abhorrent’ offence
The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea filed by former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal seeking to quash charges of sexual assault levelled against him. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra directed the Goa’s lower court to complete the trial within six months.
Support Independent Media
The media must be free and fair, uninfluenced by corporate or state interests. That's why you, the public, need to pay to keep news free.
ContributeTejpal is accused of sexually assaulting a woman employee at an event in Goa in 2013. Tejpal claimed the allegations are false.
Bar and Bench reports: “The case made by the complainant was attempted to be disproved by Tejpal’s counsel before the Supreme Court, Senior Advocate Vikas Singh. It was argued that the version of the complainant did not match the the CCTV footage of the hotel lobby. Singh argued that in the absence of any footage from inside the elevator, anyone could make all kinds of allegations.”
While quashing Tejpal’s plea, the Supreme Court called the case “very serious” and “morally abhorrent”.
Power NL-TNM Election Fund
General elections are around the corner, and Newslaundry and The News Minute have ambitious plans together to focus on the issues that really matter to the voter. From political funding to battleground states, media coverage to 10 years of Modi, choose a project you would like to support and power our journalism.
Ground reportage is central to public interest journalism. Only readers like you can make it possible. Will you?