Order telling Loyola to pay ₹64L stayed
Chennai:22.01.2021
A Tamil Nadu State Commission for Women order directing Loyola College to pay ₹64.3 lakh as compensation to a woman employee who alleged sexual harassment and illegal termination from service, has been stayed by the Madras high court.
Justice Abdul Quddhose passed the interim order on a plea moved by the college.
The issue pertains to a complaint of abuse and harassment made against Father Xavier Alphonse SJ, director of the alumni association of the college, by the victim who worked as an administrator. According to her, despite making several complaints to the management against Alphonse no action was taken against him but she was terminated from service arbitrarily. In 2016, she moved a petition in the high court challenging her termination. The commission conducted an inquiry and on December 22 passed an order directing thecollegeto pay her wages of ₹24.30 lakh, damages for mental agony and sexual harassment ₹25 lakh and compensation for filing a false complaint against her ₹15 lakh. TNN
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