New Delhi Nov 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday quashed the summons issued by the Meghalaya State Commission for Women to the Delhi Golf Club secretary over an incident in which a Khasi tribal woman was asked to leave the club for wearing jenseim attire.
Justice Vibhu Bakhru quashed the summons while questioning the commission s jurisdiction to issue the same.
On July 13 the High Court had stayed the commission order till further directions.
The club challenged the commission s order and its jurisdiction since the incident had happened outside Meghalaya.
The commission had acted upon the complaint by Kong Tailin Lyngdoh a governess who accused the club and its members of racial profiling of people which tantamounts to discrimination against tribal people a punishable offence.
On June 25 Lyngdoh said she was wrongly subjected to unconstitutional restrictions in the club s dining area thereby violating her fundamental rights.
The club staff asked Lyngdoh to leave the dining room as her traditional attire looked like a "maid s uniform".
"We were invited for lunch at the Delhi Golf Club. We were all seated and the lunch was almost to be served. Suddenly a club official came up to me and asked me to leave the place " Lyngdoh had then told IANS.
"I enquired about the reason. They told me the dress (jenseim) I was wearing was a maid s uniform. They even said I look like a dustbin " claimed Lyngdoh who hails from Meghalaya s Langtor village.
--IANS
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