New Delhi - An Indian court Saturday allowed former UN climate panel head Rajendra Pachauri, who is currently facing sexual harassment charges, to travel abroad to attend the last rites of a relative, a lawyer said.
Pachauri, 74, was barred from travelling abroad by a New Delhi court in April pending a police investigation after a female researcher at his research institute accused him of sexual harassment in February.
"The court allowed him to attend his brother-in-law's last rites in the Hawaii from June 29 to July 9 on a surety bond of 100,000 rupees," lawyer Prashant Mendiratta, who represents the complainant, told AFP.
The court asked him to report to the nearest Indian consulate in US, he said, adding they will not challenge the court order citing humanitarian grounds.
Pachauri's lawyer was not immediately available for comment.
AFP
