Bombay High Court adjourns listening to in Tarun Tejpal case until September 20

The courtroom has fastened September 20 for the subsequent listening to.

Till now the matter was being heard on-line. The matter was taken up bodily for the primary time on Tuesday, within the wake of the Goa authorities easing a number of COVID-19 restrictions as a result of decline within the variety of circumstances of the viral an infection within the coastal state.

Earlier this month, Tejpal, in a presentation earlier than the HC, sought an ‘in-camera listening to’ of the Goa authorities’s plea difficult his acquittal within the case and dismissed it whereas elevating preliminary objections to its stability. was demanded.

However, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta on behalf of the Goa authorities opposed Tejpal’s request for an ‘in-camera listening to’ at the moment, saying “the country has a right to know that the institution is with the girl (victim).” the way it behaves.”

On Tuesday, state Advocate General Devidas Pangam and a lawyer representing Tejpal sought time from a bench of Justices MS Sonak and MS Jawalkar as they’re but to file their utility earlier than the Chief Justice for a hybrid listening to within the matter.

Pangam requested the bench to adjourn the matter for 2 weeks to file an utility earlier than the Chief Justice.

Thereafter, the bench fastened the matter for listening to on September 20. Solicitor General Mehta was not current within the courtroom on Tuesday.

On May 21 this 12 months, a Sessions courtroom acquits TejpaliFormer editor-in-chief of Tehelka journal, within the case the place he was accused of sexually assaulting his then colleague within the carry of a five-star lodge in Goa in November 2013 whereas he was attending an occasion. Later the Goa authorities filed an enchantment towards it within the High Court.