Senior advocate Malvika Trivedi, appearing for Goswami submitted before a single judge bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora that “she as well will file an affidavit tendering unconditional apology within a period of one (1) week”.

“It is ordered accordingly,” the court said.

The counsel appearing for The Economic Times and Raghav Ohri also informed the court that they have already filed an affidavit tendering an unconditional apology. Meanwhile, the counsel appearing for former NDTV promoter Prannoy Roy said that he will take instructions on tendering an apology.

Pachauri, who passed away in 2020, had moved the high court claiming that media houses “deliberately and contemptuously” disobeyed the court’s earlier orders restricting them from publishing the claims against him pertaining to sexual harassment allegations. The plea said that Pachauri was “being subjected to an unfair and illegal media trial” and that the reports were defamatory and prejudicial.

Additional Sessions Judge Mohinder Virat passed the order in an application filed by Pachauri’s son seeking leave to continue the revision petition against an order to put him on trial in the case. The revision petition was filed by Pachauri.

Arguing on behalf of Pachauri’s son, lawyer Ashish Dixit had said that allegations made in the complaint have caused stigma on the impeccable reputation of his late father and have caused irreparable loss to the family, The Indian Express had reported.