• Tarun Tejpal Acquittal: Trivializing Women Dignity

    Editor(s):
    Nyaay Shastra (see profile)
    Date:
    2021
    Item Type:
    Article
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/4grx-d325
    Abstract:
    The acquittal of journalist Tarun Tejpal, former Editor-in-Chief of the Tehelka magazine, who was convicted in 2013 with the rape, unlawful confinement, and sexual harassment of a young woman journalist working at the magazine, is a tomb travesty of justice and a major crushing defeat for the Indian feminism movement and, in specific, the security of women in the workplace. The victim was placed on trial by the court, which was relentless in humiliating and demeaning her. The decision of the Additional Sessions Judge Kshama M. Joshi established standards for a credible witness and the typical appearance of a traumatized victim, then proceeds to bash into the victim since she failed all of the so-called criteria. The Tarun Tejpal case is a mere act of grave shame. The present text examines the extremely inadequate verdict and the prejudiced behavior of the courts toward sexual abuse victims. It aims to point out at the notions that the so-called society holds about how an abuse victim should act and behave in order to be a ‘perfect victim’. Keywords: Acquittal, Tehelka Magazine, Women, Feminism, Victim, Justice.
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    Publisher:
    NyaayShastra
    Pub. Date:
    10-06-2021
    Journal:
    NyaayShastra Law Review
    Volume:
    2
    Issue:
    1
    ISSN:
    2582-8479
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    2 years ago
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