FITE's Legal Battle Madras High Court - TCS retrenchment issue
FITE’s legal battle at Madras High Court continues FITE Organization February 25, 2015 Chennai Chapter In January 2015, FITE has filed two writ petitions in the Madras High Court to direct the labour conciliation officer to initiate conciliation proceedings immediately and to provide the interim stay against the termination by TCS till then. On the first writ filed by FITE, TCS management had revoked the termination letter stating that it had come to know through that writ petition that petitioner was pregnant and hence it was revoking the termination order issued to her. The Honourable Madras High Court disposed the writ petition but kept all the other arguments open in that case.This was a tactical move from TCS side as there is another writ petition in the queue with the same grounds. TCS has taken the decision to deal with the second writ petition and at the same time to boost its image in the public arena by revoking the termination letter of a pregnant employee. In f...