New anti-rape law undergoes ‘Tejpal test’

The Social Network: The bail hearing of Tarun Tejpal, accused in the high-profile Tehelka rape case, sets off a social media trend. Since it is the first case of an accused from the society’s elite being tried under well-defined provisions in the new anti-rape law, is a section of the mainstream media finding it hard to reason with the exhaustive charge-sheet? Is the accused right in calling the charges political vendetta? We discuss.

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