Mehta made the disclosure in a lighter vein to the Bombay High Court, during a discussion for setting up a fresh date for the ongoing hearings related to an appeal filed by the Goa government, against the acquittal of former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal by a trial court in May this year.
The acquittal, Mehta said, would deter potential victims of sexual assault from approaching courts for justice.
Earlier in the day, Supreme Court cleared the way for the construction of Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya and directed the Centre to allot a five-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque.
Ranjit Kumar, India’s second-most senior law officer, has resigned from the the post of Solicitor General of India citing ‘personal…
