Patiala House Court convicts SriLankan Airlines for sexual harassment ANI | Updated: Dec 24, 2020 23:22 IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): Patiala House Court has convicted SriLankan Airlines for an offence under Section 26 of Sexual Harassment for Women at Work Place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act) 2013, and fixed January 7, 2021 for arguments on the quantum of sentence.
The court convicted the foreign airlines for violating Indian law by not having an Internal Complaint Committee to address the matters of sexual harassment at the workplace.
Earlier, the court had convicted ex-Regional Manager (India), SriLankan Airlines under Section 509 IPC for outraging the modesty of one of his junior colleague at its Delhi division office while he was posted there.
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Delhi court convicts SriLankan Airlines for sexual harassment at workplace
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New Delhi, Dec 25 : A Delhi court has convicted SriLankan Airlines for not having an Internal Complaint Committee to address sexual harassment at workplace in violation of Indian laws, on a complaint filed by its former women employee.
In an order dated December 21, Metropolitan Magistrate Dev Saroha stated, I am of the considered opinion that the accused has violated Section 4 (1) of Sexual Harassment of Women (Prevention Prohibition and Redressal Act) and is liable to be convicted u/s 26 of the same.
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National carrier Srilankan Airlines has been convicted by an Indian court for non-compliance of Indian law.
The complainant’s lawyer Ajay Verma told the Daily Mirror that Srilankan Airlines was convicted yesterday by Judge Dev Saroha of the Metropolitan Majistrate-05, at the Patiala House Court, New Delhi in a Criminal Case No.38533 of 2016 filed against the Airlines for non-compliance of Indian law.
Indian law relates to the protection of women against sexual harassment at the workplace.
The victim had sought the prosecution of the Airline for not having an Internal Complaint Committee as mandated under Section 4 of the ‘The Sexual Harassment of Women At Workplace( Prevention, Prohibition And Redressal) Act, 2013 hereinafter called “POSH Act”, which is a punishable offence under Section 26 of the Act “POSH Act” with a fine of an amount up to fifty thousand Indian Rupees.
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