Surrender within 3 weeks, SC tells ex-Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal

Goa govt opposed his plea for exemption from surrendering and said his appeal was not admissible since he had not filed a separate application seeking exemption from surrender or shown a certificate that he has already surrendered as per Order XXII Rule 5 of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013. The Goa Police subsequently re

Tejpal’s appeal will be heard once the certificate of his surrender was filed in the Supreme Court, on or before September 22, 2026, the Bench says

The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on August 6 convicted Tarun Tejpal and sentenced him to 10 years in prison for raping a former colleague in 2013, overturning his 2021 acquittal in the case.