The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday, September 20, reportedly said it will hear virtually on October 27 the Goa government’s plea against journalist Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal in a 2013 rape case. A bench of Justices M S Sonak and M. S. Jawalkar adjourned the matter till October 27 after Goa’s Advocate General Devidas Pangam and a lawyer representing Tarun Tejpal asked for a next date of hearing.
Justice Sonak said the court will set up the facility for virtual hearing into the matter by the next date. The hearing into the matter would be held virtually since Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta, representing the Goa government, will participate in the court proceedings from Delhi. Advocate General Pangam stated the hearing on Monday was held to determine the next date of hearing into the matter.
On May 21 this year, as per reports, a sessions court acquitted Tejpal, the former editor-in-chief of the Tehelka magazine, in the case where he was accused of sexually assaulting his then colleague in a lift of a five-star hotel in Goa in November 2013 when they were attending an event.
Earlier, the High Court had on August 31 adjourned the hearing on the Goa government’s appeal against Tejpal’s acquittal in the rape case till September 20, pending request before the Chief Justice for a hybrid hearing into the matter. Before that, the matter was being heard online. On August 31, the matter was taken up physically for the first time, in the wake of the Goa government relaxing several COVID-19 curbs.
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