"My priority is that the aggrieved journalist should feel that she is being done justice. She wanted an apology. It was given. He has stepped down," she told reporters.
Tejpal could not be reached for comment.
Women's rights groups said Tejpal's apology was not enough and demanded that he be criminally prosecuted.
"Sexual harassment is a crime. Tarun Tejpal and Tehelka must act according to law, face consequences," said Kavita Krishnan, secretary of the All India Progressive Women's Association.
A brutal gang rape in a moving bus in New Delhi last December unleashed a wave of public anger over the treatment of Indian women and frequent sexual violence. The victim of the rape died two weeks after the attack.
Street protests that followed sparked major reforms to the nation's sexual assault laws.
