On Wednesday, the Goa Government told the Bombay High Court's bench that the victim in a 2013 rape case which journalist Tarun Tejpal was acquitted, was named and shamed and the trial court's judgement was "retrograde" and "fit for fifth century".

On Wednesday, the Goa Government told the Bombay High Court's bench that the victim in a 2013 rape case which journalist Tarun Tejpal was acquitted, was named and shamed and the trial court's judgement was "retrograde" and "fit for fifth century".

On Wednesday, the Goa Government told the Bombay High Court's bench that the victim in a 2013 rape case which journalist Tarun Tejpal was acquitted, was named and shamed and the trial court's judgement was "retrograde" and "fit for fifth century".

On Wednesday, the Goa Government told the Bombay High Court's bench that the victim in a 2013 rape case which journalist Tarun Tejpal was acquitted, was named and shamed and the trial court's judgement was "retrograde" and "fit for fifth century".

On Wednesday, the Goa Government told the Bombay High Court's bench that the victim in a 2013 rape case which journalist Tarun Tejpal was acquitted, was named and shamed and the trial court's judgement was "retrograde" and "fit for fifth century".

Panaji Oct 27 PTI The Goa government told the Bombay High Courts bench here on Wednesday that the victim in a 2013 rape case in which journalist Tarun Tejpal was acquitted was named and shamed and the trial courts judgement was retrograde and fit for fifth century The Goa bench of the HC comprising Justices Revati Mohite Dere and M S Jawalkar later adjourned the hearing into the matter till November 16 when it will hear Tejpals application challenging the maintainability of the state governments appeal against his acquittal in the case Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta representing the Goa government stated before the bench that the prosecutrix woman was named and shamed He also termed the judgment of the trial court as retrograde and fit for fifth century Justice Dere said in not just this case but in all the cases of rape we will not allow lawyers to read the evidence we will read it ourselves She said a lawyer can point out the page number while submitting about the evidence On May 21 this year 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 Later the Goa government filed an appeal against it in the HC The matter came up before the HCs division bench on Wednesday when Tejpals lawyer Amit Desai submitted to the court to consider two applications filed by him Tejpal has challenged the maintainability of the Goa governments appeal against his acquittal in the case Desai said the permission to file application challenging the session courts order was not granted by the state government to the public prosecutor on the day when it was filed He also said that they have filed an application for in-camera hearing into the matter which Mehta opposed The bench will hear later Tejpals application seeking in-camera hearing into the matter The hearing on Wednesday was held in virtual mode PTI RPS GK GK