Court allows Pachauri to travel to Sharjah to get lifetime achievement award

February 15, 2016 21:02

A Delhi court today allowed TERI's executive Vice Chairman R K Pachauri, facing sexual harassment allegations by a former woman colleague, to travel to Sharjah tomorrow where he will be conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award.

The court allowed Pachauri's application to travel abroad after he sought permission to go to Sharjah from February 16 to 18 where he is likely to be conferred with the award.

In his application, he stated that he will also have a meeting with Secretary General of Geneva-based World Meteorological Organisation for which he needs to travel abroad further from February 22 to 26.

Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan granted permission to Pachauri while noting the submission of the Investigative Officer that investigation in the matter was complete and charge sheet is likelyn to be filed soon.

"In these circumstances, the accused is permitted to travel as per his itinerary subject to furnishing of one local surety of Rs 4 lakh to the satisfaction of this court and upon furnishing and undertaking that he will make himself available to the investigating officer as per the requirement," the magistrate said.

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