The Delhi high court on Tuesday refused to stay proceedings before an industrial tribunal hearing former Teri chief R.K.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday refused to stay proceedings before an industrial tribunal hearing former Teri chief R.K. Pachauri’s plea against an internal complaints committee’s findings on him in a sexual harassment case.
A bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said the court cannot give any “interim order at the fag end” of the hearing before the tribunal where the matter is to be taken up on May 19.
“Now, at the fag end, you (former Teri employee who filed complaint against Mr Pachauri before the committee) are coming and pressing for the interim order which cannot be granted at this stage,” the court said.
The court gave the direction while hearing the plea of a woman who alleged that The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) had not acted against Mr Pachauri as per the recommendations of the internal complaints committee in connection with her sexual harassment complaint.
The counsel for the woman said they have challenged the Sexual Harassment at Workplace Rules to the extent that they vest a tribunal set up under the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act to deal with appeals against the committee’s report or non-implementation of its recommendations.
