India, Aug. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal's plea seeking exemption from surrender in the 2013 rape case. The court directed him to surrender within two weeks.

Tejpal was convicted of raping a female journalist and sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment. He has filed an appeal against the conviction in the Supreme Court.

Under the Supreme Court Rules, 2013, an appeal against conviction cannot be listed for hearing unless the appellant surrenders or obtains an order exempting him from surrender. The court had earlier refused to list the appeal until the exemption application was decided.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had argued that Order XX Rule 3 of the rules makes surrender man...