A number of lawyers, academics and civil society members demanded the resignation of TERI director general RK Pachauri, who has been accused of sexually harassing a colleague. He has already stepped down as chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and taken leave from TERI
In a letter addressed to the governing council of TERI, social activists like senior advocate Indira Jaising, advocate Vrinda Grover, Syeda Hameed, Kavita Krishnan, Suneeta Dhar, Pamela Philipose, Kavita Srivastava and Nivedita Menon said the accused should set “an example of exemplary conduct” by immediately resigning from the post.
They said despite all the laws that have been put in place, and the efforts made by the country to secure the safety of women following the incident of sexual violence Dec 16, 2012, “women in this country continue to be vulnerable in public places, in their homes and at the workplace”.
“...the society cannot be changed by law alone and what is really needed is change in our actions and thoughts. It is for the leadership of organisations at the top-level to demonstrate this change with their actions.”
“Unfortunately, all too often, we have seen men in positions of power take advantage of the vulnerability of younger women by sexually harassing them, leading to attrition and the dropping out of women from the workforce,” they said.
“We, therefore, write to you in our capacity as concerned citizens to call upon Pachauri to resign from the position of director general of TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute),” the letter added.
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And for god's sake, can't these lawyers use decent line spacing, and be attentive to markers of basic professional typographical practice?
If you're going to end a person's career you might as well have the decency to send a properly formatted doc. The crap docs these litigators send out is a continuing source of sadness. Not surprising that people who hold the Constitution in contempt wouldn't bother with basic formatting.
Pretty sure the font's Arial, which is on the "F List: Fatal to your credibility" in Butterick's definitive "Typography for Lawyers." Hardly worth mentioning the near illegibility produced by the justified margins.
Lawyers who believe in the rights of defendants, and who believe in producing well crafted documents...is that too much to ask?
The complainant will be safest if she continues attending her office at TERI. There is no need for her to take leave.
Why push the complainant out of the public space? Why isolate her?
Shows that the complainant is being pressured to quit TERI, She is refusing to quit.
So the attempt to force her to go on leave
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