Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah fame Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal has finally won the sexual harassment case against producer Asit Kumarr Modi, Sohil Ramani and Jatin Bajaj.
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah has been in the news since a long time. Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal who played Mrs Roshan Sodhi had accused producer Asit Kumarr Modi, operation head Sohil Ramani and executive producer Jatin Bajaj of sexual harassment. She had filed an FIR against them for mental and sexual harassment. It was a big shock for everyone after Jennifer revealed these things. She had shared that they only gave importance to the males and the females were treated badly. She even revealed many things that Asit Kumarr Modi had said. Her case has been on-going since a long time. She had filed the FIR last year in March and left the show.
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The actress has finally got some relief. The verdict of the case has come out. She has been asking for help from the Mumbai Police but did not get any relief and hence she asked help from The Government of Maharashtra. The formation of the Local Complaints Committee helped her and the verdict is finally out.
Asit Kumar Modi was found guilty within four months under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act of 2013. Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal confirmed the news to Etimes. She said that the verdict is in her favour as she gave strong proofs.
She revealed that Asit Kumarr Modi has been ordered to pay her due amount and an additional compensation for withholding her payment. He has to pay around Rs 25-30 lakhs now. She said that extra Rs 5 lakhs have been imposed on him for harassment.
The verdict came out on February 15, 2024 but she was asked not to share it with the media. However, it has been 40 days since the verdict came but she has not yet received her amount which is her hard earned money. Asit Kumarr Modi was proven guilty in the sexual harassment case but was not given any punishment as such.
She added that she is disappointed with this and with the fact that Sohil and Jatin's name were not even added in the verdict. She said she is happy that it is proved her case is not fabricated and she did not do this for cheap publicity but she is not happy with the verdict.
She said that all the three were accused of sexual harassment and only Asit Kumarr Modi's name came up. He too had to just pay a small amount and they were not even asked to apologise for what they did. Jennifer added that if she accepts the verdict happily it will give out wrong message and inspire others to commit same mistakes and get away with just small punishments.
Jennifer said that a woman's self-respect cannot be measured in the compensation paid. She further thanked her lawyer but said that the compensation doesn't fully cover her mental trauma, reputation damage, loss of employment and medical expenses.
Jennifer said that she will continue to fight for justice. The portal also contacted Asit Kumarr Modi and he said that he has no idea about this.
