X wins case of wrongful termination
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Network and the Network of Women in Media, India scored a great victory when the labour suit filed by against the management of , , in the Industrial Tribunal was delivered in her favour on February 6, 2013. The Tribunal awarded her reinstatement with full back wages from the time of her termination in October 2002.
and had taken up ’s case of sexual harassment at the workplace way back in 2002-03. , who was a senior reporter with , , faced sexual harassment at the hands of the of the newspaper. Her services were terminated on flimsy grounds when she dared to protest. Although the efforts of and the Commission for Women could not get her justice in the sexual harassment case, was compelled to set up a sexual harassment complaints committee and institutionalise complaint mechanisms.
Unstoppable has just won the Award in the web category for her article: written for , a website that is incidentally run by another NWMI member, .
[Editor’s Note: This article was updated on 07.05.2026 to reflect a settlement between affected parties.]
