Shanti Gurung

A non-profit which brought Shanti Gurung's case to light is reviewing "at least five" other cases of Indian employers allegedly exploiting their domestic workers

An Indian maid who had accused her former employer, an IFS officer, and her husband of harassment and slavery has received a favourable ruling from a US court, which approved her petition that she be awarded $1.5 million as compensation by the couple.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the government's plea seeking directions to restrain an Indian domestic help, awarded nearly $1.5 million relief for alleged ill-treatment by an Indian consulate employee in the US, from pursuing her case in a New York court.

A magistrate in New York has recommended that India born Shanti Gurung, who worked as a domestic help for Neena Malhotra, a former Consul at the Indian Consulate in New York, be awarded $1.5 million for "barbaric treatment" at the hands of her employer.

A non-profit which brought Shanti Gurung's case to light is reviewing "at least five" other cases of Indian employers allegedly exploiting their domestic workers

An Indian maid who had accused her former employer, an IFS officer, and her husband of harassment and slavery has received a favourable ruling from a US court, which approved her petition that she be awarded $1.5 million as compensation by the couple.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the government's plea seeking directions to restrain an Indian domestic help, awarded nearly $1.5 million relief for alleged ill-treatment by an Indian consulate employee in the US, from pursuing her case in a New York court.

A magistrate in New York has recommended that India born Shanti Gurung, who worked as a domestic help for Neena Malhotra, a former Consul at the Indian Consulate in New York, be awarded $1.5 million for "barbaric treatment" at the hands of her employer.