Delhi court frames molestation charges against ex-TERI chief R K Pachauri

On February 13, 2015, police registered an FIR lodged by a former colleague of Pachauri, accusing him of sexual harassment and molestation. A year later, on March 1, police filed a chargesheet stating there was “sufficient evidence” that he had sexually harassed, stalked and threatened the complainant.

After registration of the FIR, two more women levelled allegations against him. Pachauri thereafter filed a civil suit against media houses, seeking a permanent injunction against any reporting on the statements made by the women.

In February 2017, Additional District Judge (ADJ) Jitendra Mishra passed an interim order on the civil suit stating that the media should publish a “subtitle” in “bold letters” while reporting the case so that the public was aware that no crime or offence against him has been proved. However, this year ADJ Sumit Dass overturned ADJ Mishra’s interim order saying it was “uncalled for” and, therefore, stood “vacated”.