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He was brought to Goa and arrested under section 302 of IPC. A court later remanded him to seven days in police custody.

Tarun Tejpal verdict ‘coloured by prejudice and patriarchy’, says Goa government in appeal to HC In its amended appeal, the state government said Tejpal was not subjected to such high standard of scrutiny as the complainant. Appealing against the acquittal of Tarun Tejpal, the founder-editor of Tehelka magazine who was accused of sexual assault and rape by a younger colleague, the Goa government has said that the trial court’s judgement is “coloured by prejudice and patriarchy”, Live Law reported on Monday. On May 21, Additional Sessions Judge Kshama Joshi at the Mapusa District ...

“It is very unfortunate that a woman judge has delivered such a judgment. In this case, the judge has put the survivor on trial instead of trying the accused,” Vijaya Rahatkar, former chairperson of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women said.

An observation made by the Goa Sessions Court that acquitted journalist Tarun Tejpal of rape charges against his former co-worker has sparked off a fresh controversy. The judge said the woman who accused Tarun Tejpal of sexual assault did not behave like a rape victim. This is not the first time that judges have made adverse remarks on women lodging a case of sexual assault. Some of these observations have been considered outrageous, here a few examples

A view of the Bombay High Court in Mumbai.   | Photo Credit: VIVEK BENDRE Solicitor General Tushar Mehta pointed out the paragraphs in which the email ID of the woman, the names of her husband and her mother had been revealed. Referring to the Goa court judgment acquitting journalist Tarun Tejpal, the Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the sessions court judge to redact the email ID of the survivor and the name of her husband and mother from the judgment before uploading it on the court website. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared before a single Bench of justice S.C. Gupte through ...