According to India Today Report, An appeal against Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) ICC (Internal Complaints Committee) report in a sexual harassment case has been resumed in the Kanchipuram Labour Court in Tamil Nadu.
The victim said “The ICC Committee, including the chairperson and their report, is biased and prejudiced in favour of the perpetrator.
“AIFITE is standing with the affected employee to get justice from the beginning. But FITE feels that delayed justice is equal to denied justice. The govt(s) should support the affected women employees who are fighting a long way to get justice,” said a statement by the organisation.
The victim said that she was sexually harassed by her boss in March 2018 in the UK. The incident took place just before her nine-month assignment ended, and as she prepared to return to India.
The case has been pending in the Kanchipuram Labour Court for more than two years. The courts have returned to normal working as it closed due to the spread of Covid-19.
On March 7, the second respondent and his counsel were absent. As a result, the case was postponed to March 23. On that day, his lawyer appeared and asked for more time. The case was then postponed to April 5. The alleged harasser’s counsel again borrowed more time.
It is the second respondent, a.k.a, the alleged harasser, who is causing delays by filing one interim application after another. He had deliberately omitted 9 pages in the first interim application and the court had made another interim application for the submission of those 9 pages.
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