Srilatha has been engaged in a prolonged legal battle spanning more than two decades. Her ordeal began in 2001, when she lodged a complaint of sexual harassment against her superior officer at the Railway Employees’ Cooperative Credit Society, Chennai.

Ms. I). Srilatha has been engaged in a prolonged legal battle spanning more than two decades. Her ordeal began in 2001, when she lodged a complaint of sexual harassment against her superior officer at the Railway Employees’ Cooperative Credit Society, Chennai. Instead of initiating action against the accused officer, the Management of the Society subjected her to systematic victimisation by issuing repeated charge sheets and initiating departmental enquiries. She was ultitnately placed under suspension in the year 2004.

Ms. Srilatha pursued remedies before multiple forums, including the National

Commission for Women (NCW), New Delhi. During this period, Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman, presently the Union Finance Minister, who was then a Member of the NCW, took cognisance ofthe complaint and constituted an enquiry committee headed by a sitting High Court Judge. The committee, in its report submitted in 2004, found that there existed a primafacie case of sexual harassment.

The Society, however, chose to challenge

Ms. I). Srilatha has been engaged in a prolonged legal battle spanning more than two decades. Her ordeal began in 2001, when she lodged a complaint of sexual harassment against her superior officer at the Railway Employees’ Cooperative Credit Society, Chennai. Instead of initiating action against the accused officer, the Management of the Society subjected her to systematic victimisation by issuing repeated charge sheets and initiating departmental enquiries. She was ultitnately placed under suspension in the year 2004.

Ms. Srilatha pursued remedies before multiple forums, including the National

Commission for Women (NCW), New Delhi. During this period, Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman, presently the Union Finance Minister, who was then a Member of the NCW, took cognisance ofthe complaint and constituted an enquiry committee headed by a sitting High Court Judge. The committee, in its report submitted in 2004, found that there existed a primafacie case of sexual harassment.

The Society, however, chose to challenge