High Court to hold virtual hearing in Tarun Tejpal case on October 27
The Hindu
The hearing is to be held virtually as Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta, representing the Goa government, will participate in the court proceedings from Delhi.
The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday said it will hear virtually on October 27 the Goa government’s appeal 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 Mr. 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.

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