Tarun Tejpal case | Supreme Court closes plea on trial
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The Supreme Court on Monday June 28, 2021, closed the case associated to extension of time after noting {that a} trial court docket in Goa has accomplished the trial by rendering acquittal verdict within the sexual assault case towards Tehelka journal founder Tarun Tejpal.
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On May 21, a trial court docket of Mapusa city of Goa acquitted Tejpal, the previous editor-in-chief of the Tehelka journal, within the case the place he was accused of sexually assaulting his then lady colleague in a carry of a five-star lodge in Goa in November 2013 after they have been attending an occasion. The State has additionally filed an enchantment within the case.
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The apex court docket, in October final yr, had prolonged until March 31, 2021 the time for finishing trial within the sexual assault case on the request of the trial decide.
The Goa authorities had additionally earlier moved the highest court docket in search of extension of time to finish the trial.
“The trial is concluded, Now, no order is required (on extension),” a bench of justices Ashok Bhushan, Vineet Saran and M.R. Shah stated whereas closing the case.
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