TCS sexual harassment case: Court says clear evidence of abetment by POSH committee member
A court in Nashik has denied bail to TCS site head Ashwini Chainani for her role in a sexual harassment case, citing her failure to act on a victim's complaints. The court found that Chainani's inaction contributed to a toxic workplace environment and abetted the harassment. Other co-accused were also denied bail as the investigation continues into multiple harassment cases at TCS's Nashik unit.
- ▪The court ruled that Chainani ignored the victim's complaints and thus abetted the crime.
- ▪Chainani was a member of the POSH committee but failed to help the victim file a formal complaint.
- ▪The court emphasized that the victim should not be blamed for the delay in lodging the complaint.
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A court in Maharashtra’s Nashik has denied bail to TCS site head and POSH committee member Ashwini Chainani noting that she ‘ignored’ the complaint of a victim in the alleged sexual harassment-conversion case, and thus ‘abetted’ the crime.Besides Chainani, the court on Friday (May 15, 2026) refused bail to Tausif Attar, Raza Memon, Shahrukh Qureshi and Asif Ansari in the case. TCS Nashik case: NCW flags ‘toxic work culture’, ‘zero POSH compliance’In the reasoned order, available on Saturday (May 16), Additional Sessions Judge V.V.
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