Sanskriti Kashyap
On the complaint of a woman employee of Sri Lankan Airlines, Delhi Court had convicted Sri Lankan Airlines for not having an Internal Complaint Committee to address Sexual harassment at the workplace of Indian law.
On 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.”
As per section 4 of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, every employer shall constitute Internal Complaint Committee at the workplace.
The manager of the Airlines was convicted for an offence under section 26 of Sexual Harassment for women at the workplace and the complaint was filed by a Delhi-based Sales Executive after she was sexually harassed by the manager in 2009.
The court observed that Sri Lankan Airlines did not have an Internal Complaint Committee as per the Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the workplace (POSH) Act, and the court also noted that the Airlines did not have any permanent committee in term of Vikshakha Guidelines.
The Manager of Sri Lankan Airlines Lalit D’Silva was held guilty by the court in September for outraging the modesty of the lady.