Tata Consultancy Providers (TCS) failed in its employer obligations below the POSH Act and should face strict motion, as per the Nationwide Fee for Ladies (NCW) in its report following an investigation into the Nashik sexual harassment case.
“There was zero compliance of the POSH Act. It’s greater than clear that this inaction on the a part of the group was not only a compliance deficit however was a governance deficit as effectively. The Inside committee within the current case has miserably did not make out there any security mechanism for the workers on the office. The failure to take action shall be aggressively punished to set an instance,” stated the NCW in its 50-age report, submitted to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Could 8.
As per the report, TCS failed on a number of obligations notably exhibiting “no expression of empathy or sympathy” when approaching the aggrieved girls on the Nashik workplace.
“The committee was shocked on the insensitivity demonstrated by the members of the POSH committee/ IC Committee of TCS. They’d totally failed for noncompliance with the mandate of part 19(C) of the POSH Act,” stated the NCW referring to the supply that mandates workers to create a protected working setting and orientation of IC members.
It additionally considered the frequent IC below Sexual Harassment of Ladies at Office (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act) for each Pune and Nasik places of work as a “direct contravention of the Act.”
“Not a single IC member had ever visited or inspected the Nashik unit for POSH Act compliance,” stated the NCW, including that the Nashik workplace didn’t present any available data on boards concerning POSH mandates or contact particulars of the IC Committee. Additional, the NCW additionally raised concern about absence of a redressal mechanism for workers.
When it comes to recommednations, NCW requested that authorities take strict motion when it comes to the POSH failures and guarantee an efficient Human Assets mechanism and grievance redressal system at each office unit. It additionally requested that “the registration of FIRs and recourse to prison regulation doesn’t override or droop the duty of the employer below the POSH Act, 2013 and people treatments below the POSH Act and prison regulation function concurrently.’
Concerning the complainants, the NCW requested that the police defend them and witnesses from undue media intrusion and anti-social components. Additional, it requested that the accused be charged for abuse of authority to induce or seduce or coerce a lady on high of different expenses already filed.
Final month, the Nashik police obtained 9 FIRs from TCS workers alleging sexual assault, harassment, harm to non secular sentiment and coercion over a interval of 4 years from July 2022 to March 2026. One survivor additionally alleged false guarantees of marriage by one of many accused. One other criticism talked about that aggrieved workers had approached accused Ashwini Chainani with their complaints however the accused had been let go after a verbal warning.
Revealed on Could 11, 2026
