R K Pachauri be removed immediately from TERI, says HC told

New Delhi: A woman employee of TERI, who has accused its chief R K Pachauri of sexually harassing her, today moved a fresh application in Delhi High Court seeking his immediate removal from office. The woman urged the court to "direct The Energy and Resources Institute to treat sexual harassment as a misconduct under the service rule and initiate immediate action for such misconduct against Pachauri." She also sought that she should be "allowed to be on leave with full pay" till pendency of all cases before various courts, saying TERI has withheld her salary since May. The application sought direction to stay proceedings before the industrial tribunal, wherein "Pachauri had prayed for and obtained a stay on the findings and recommendations of the TERI's internal complaints committee dated May 19 in connection with her complaint."