Goa court defers verdict again in Tarun Tejpal case to May 21

The District and Sessions Court at Panaji, Goa has deferred its verdict in the Tarun Tejpal case to May 21, 2021.

A sessions court in Goa on Wednesday said it will pronounce the verdict in the Tarun Tejpal case on May 21. The former Tehelka editor-in-chief is accused of sexually assaulting a woman colleague inside the elevator of a luxury hotel in Goa in 2013. The additional district court was to pronounce the verdict on April 27, but judge Kshama Joshi had then adjourned the verdict to May 12, then May 19. The court had earlier deferred the verdict due to lack of staff due to the coronavirus pandemic.