<p>The Supreme Court on Monday closed the case related to extension of time after noting that a trial court in Goa has completed the trial by rendering acquittal verdict in the sexual assault case against Tehelka magazine founder Tarun Tejpal.</p>.<p>On May 21, a trial court of Mapusa town of Goa acquitted Tejpal, the former editor-in-chief of the Tehelka magazine, in the case where he was accused of sexually assaulting his then woman colleague in a lift of a five-star hotel in Goa in November 2013 when they were attending an event. The state has also filed an appeal in the case.</p>.<p><strong>Read | </strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/panorama/tejpal-case-stereotypes-trumped-law-997599.html" target="_blank"><strong>Tejpal case: Stereotypes trumped law</strong></a></p>.<p>The apex court, in October last year, had extended till March 31, 2021 the time for completing trial in the sexual assault case at the request of the trial judge.</p>.<p>The Goa government had also earlier moved the top court seeking extension of time to complete the trial.</p>.<p>"The trial is concluded, Now, no order is required (on extension)," a bench of justices Ashok Bhushan, Vineet Saran and M R Shah said while closing the case.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Monday closed the case related to extension of time after noting that a trial court in Goa has completed the trial by rendering acquittal verdict in the sexual assault case against Tehelka magazine founder Tarun Tejpal.</p>.<p>On May 21, a trial court of Mapusa town of Goa acquitted Tejpal, the former editor-in-chief of the Tehelka magazine, in the case where he was accused of sexually assaulting his then woman colleague in a lift of a five-star hotel in Goa in November 2013 when they were attending an event. The state has also filed an appeal in the case.</p>.<p><strong>Read | </strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/panorama/tejpal-case-stereotypes-trumped-law-997599.html" target="_blank"><strong>Tejpal case: Stereotypes trumped law</strong></a></p>.<p>The apex court, in October last year, had extended till March 31, 2021 the time for completing trial in the sexual assault case at the request of the trial judge.</p>.<p>The Goa government had also earlier moved the top court seeking extension of time to complete the trial.</p>.<p>"The trial is concluded, Now, no order is required (on extension)," a bench of justices Ashok Bhushan, Vineet Saran and M R Shah said while closing the case.</p>