Madras HC restrains SBI from ousting Sri Lankan woman from service

Chennai: The Madras High Court has passed an interim injunction restraining the State Bank of India from ousting a Sri Lankan a woman, who came to India as a refugee and got appointment in the bank on contract basis and later made eligible for the benefits of permanent employees. Thirukalyanamalar came to India in 1990 from Sri Lanka as refugee and did her Agricultural Bsc and MBA in Tamil Nadu. [caption id=“attachment_934547” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] SBI logo. Reuters[/caption] She was appointed in the bank in 2008 on a two year contract. As she achieved 60% of business target, she was made eligible for the benefits of permanent employees. Inspite of the bank management’s instructions to the Branch Manager to terminate her service, she was continued in the job. However, on May this year, when she was on maternity leave, she was served a termination notice, against which she approached the Court. Justice D Hariparanthaman granted interim injunction yesterday restraining the bank management from terminating her from service. PTI