Ever since the allegations of sexual assault against Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal by a woman colleague became public in November 2013, the case became consequential for what it said about the relationship between power and accountability. The allegations came barely a year after the horrific December 2012 Delhi gang rape had ignited a nationwide reckoning over women’s safety and gender justice. The Bombay High Court judgment convicting Tejpal and sentencing him to 10 years of imprisonment, is significant, therefore, for what it says about the slow, difficult fight for justice and........

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