Court allows Pachauri to travel to Kazakhstan

TERI <g data-gr-id="19">Director General</g> RK Pachauri, facing sexual <g data-gr-id="18">harrassment</g> charges from a woman employee, was on Tuesday allowed by a Delhi court to travel to Kazakhstan for a conference on climate change.

Metropolitan Magistrate Vandana Jain allowed Pachauri to travel to Kazakhstan from September 16 to September 19 and asked him to intimate about his arrival back to India to the Investigating Officer (IO) of the case and the court.

“Till date, he (Pachauri) has not violated any condition laid down by the sessions court while passing <g data-gr-id="15">order</g> on anticipatory bail. I do not feel any reason to decline the relief sought in the present application. <g data-gr-id="14">Application</g> is hereby allowed,” the court said.

During brief arguments, Pachauri’s counsel said at the invitation of Kazakhstan government, his client has to give a presentation on the impact of climate change in which others scientists are also participating. He said the court had earlier too allowed Pachauri to visit China and Japan and no condition <g data-gr-id="20">was defaulted</g>.