New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Supreme Court judge, Justice UU Lalit on Monday recused himself from hearing an appeal filed by former Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka magazine Tarun Tejpal challenging the order of the Bombay High Court at Goa which has rejected his application for in-camera hearing in the 2013 sexual assault case.

New Delhi Jan 21 PTI Supreme Court Judge Justice L Nageswara Rao on Friday recused himself from hearing the appeal of journalist Tarun Tejpal against the Bombay High Courts order rejecting his plea for an in-camera hearing of the proceedings challenging his acquittal in a 2013 rape caseI recuse as at some stage in 2016 I had appeared for state of Goa in the matter Let it be listed in some other court next week said Justice Rao who was sitting with Justice B R Gavai on the benchThe bench was to hear the plea of Tejpal whose application for conducting an in-camera hearing of the proceedings under section 327 of the CrPC was rejected by the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on November 24 last yearThe acquittal of the former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine who was accused of sexually assaulting his then-woman colleague in the lift of a five-star hotel in Goa in November 2013 by a sessions court in May 2021 was challenged in the Goa bench of the high court by the state governmentSenior advocate Amit Desai who had appeared for Tejpal had referred to the Law Commission and various judgements of high courts supporting his application for an in-camera hearingThe high court however had rejected the submissionsSolicitor General Tushar Mehta representing the Goa government had argued that the judgement of acquittal of Tejpal by the district court is in the public domainSection 327 applies for the purpose of inquiring into or trying any offence It has limited application during inquiry or trial The appeal is something very clear Appeals revisions etc are neither investigation nor inquiry nor a trial he had saidIn its order in May last year the Mapusa district and sessions court had held that the complainant had not shown the kind of normative behaviour expected from a victim of sexual assaultThe court had granted Tejpal the benefit of the doubt in the absence of corroborative evidence to support the allegations made by the complainantChallenging Tejpals acquittal the state government had said that the courts judgement was coloured by prejudice and patriarchy PTI SJK DV DV

New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court will hear on Friday an appeal filed by former Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka magazine Tarun Tejpal challenging the order of the Bombay High Court at Goa which has rejected his application for an in-camera hearing in the 2013 sexual assault case.

Noida Nov 25 PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the country has to decide if the sweetness of sugarcane will grow or the followers of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah will cause mischief in the state in a veiled attack on the Samajwadi Party SPAdityanath trained his guns at the opposition as he joined the foundation-laying ceremony for the Noida International Airport in the Jewar area of Gautam Buddh Nagar in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra ModiHe said Uttar Pradesh is moving on the path of development and highlighted various efforts of the governmentThe BJP leader also thanked the over 7000 farmers who gave consent for the acquisition of their land for the airport without any controversyHe said the ceremony was a much awaited moment for western Uttar Pradesh and important because this is where farmers had taken forward the initiative to add sweetness in the region with sugarcane cultivationSome people had tried to add bitterness in the sugarcane region of Uttar Pradesh with a series of riots Now the country has to decide if the sweetness of sugarcane will grow or Jinnahs followers will cause mischief Adityanath said as he addressed the gathering of thousandsSP leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav had last month equated Jinnah with Mahatma Gandhi Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru saying all of them helped the country achieve independenceHis remark had invited severe criticism from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party BJP among othersUttar Pradesh is scaling new heights under Modis leadership whether it is the public welfare schemes reaching everyone without any discrimination or creating new infrastructure for development or respecting peoples faith Adityanath saidThe whole perception of Uttar Pradesh has changed that the state can progress and develop he addedCiting various infrastructure projects worth thousands of crores of rupees in Noida and Greater Noida of Gautam Buddh Nagar the chief minister said lakhs of job opportunities would be generated in the region in the coming daysHe thanked the prime minister for the gift to western Uttar Pradesh in the form of the Noida International AirportThe airport is being developed by Swiss concessionaire Zurich International Airport AGs subsidiary Yamuna International Airport Private Limited YIAPL The entire project is planned in a 5000-hectare area with a cost of around Rs 30000 crore and billed to be the biggest airport in Asia upon completionIn the first phase of the project over 1300 hectares of land will be developed at a cost of over Rs 10000 crore and the airport is scheduled to open by September 2024 according to project officialsGautam Buddh Nagar MP Mahesh Sharma local MLAs Dhirendra Singh Pankaj Singh and Tejpal central as well state ministers were among those who attended the foundation-laying ceremony PTI RAMKIS RC

Panaji Nov 24 PTI The Bombay High Court here on Wednesday rejected journalist Tarun Tejpals application seeking an in-camera hearing of the proceedings challenging his acquittal in a 2013 rape case The acquittal of the former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine who was accused of sexually assaulting his then woman colleague in the lift of a five-star hotel in Goa in November 2013 by a sessions court in May this year was challenged in the Goa bench of the HC by the state government On Wednesday a bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and M S Jawalkar rejected Tejpals application for conducting an in-camera hearing of the proceedings under section 327 of the CrPC Advocate Amit Desai who appeared for Tejpal referred to the Law Commission and various judgments of high courts supporting his application for an in-camera hearing I cant be restrained because my right to appeal and argue the matter before the lordship in an effective manner cannot be curtailed merely because all the time I would be looking over my shoulder and afraid that somebody outside is going to listening and writing about this matter Desai said Tejpals lawyer said his client might have to say something which might expose certain facts in relation which should not be published in the media But my fundamental right to defend myself cannot be taken away in this matter he argued Section 327 gives rise to complete prohibition on publication of proceedings Once there is a complete prohibition and that constitutes a contempt the lordship will see that those provisions are applied when they are in-camera Desai told the bench He argued that the identity of the accused in an appeal against the acquittal is equally important to be protected like that of the victim Section 327 being a mandate of the statute and obligation of the Constitution it is the duty of the court to protect both the parties And no prejudice is caused to the parties and proceedings if it is held in-camera he said Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta representing the Goa government argued that the judgment of acquittal of Tejpal by the district court is in the public domain Section 327 applies for the purpose of inquiring into or trying any offence It has limited application during inquiry or trial The appeal is something very clear Appeals revisions etc are neither investigation nor inquiry nor a trial he said The bench said the application stands rejected The revision petition filed by the state government will be heard on December 6 it said In its order in May this year the Mapusa district and sessions court had held that the complainant had not shown the kind of normative behaviour expected from a victim of sexual assault The court had granted Tejpal the benefit of the doubt in the absence of corroborative evidence to support the allegations made by the complainant Challenging Tejpals acquittal the state government had said that the courts judgement was coloured by prejudice and patriarchy PTI RPS NSK NSK

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".