Apple faces lawsuit from employee who alleges bias from Indian and Pakistani leaders against her Hindu ancestry in Sindh region

California, March 25: A court in the US state of California has rejected an appeal by Apple Inc. against a discrimination lawsuit filed by an Indian female engineer. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Sunil R. Kulkarni denied Apple's request to dismiss the complaint filed by Anita Nariani Schulze, who alleged discriminatory treatment by her two managers – one Indian, the other Pakistani. US judge certifies lawsuit against Apple over butterfly keyboard design: report.

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In her lawsuit, Anita Nariani Schulze said she was forced to resign from her job as a technical engineer at Apple in 2019 because her superiors would treat her as they would in their own country: as a subordinate, Bloomberg iOS developer files lawsuit against Apple for exploiting its monopoly power over iOS apps: report.

The former Apple employee said her Hindu ancestry in Pakistan's Sindh region, which she said is “known for its technical acumen” and encouraging “women to rise above their historically gender roles subordinates”, was one of the reasons for the misconduct towards her. the two managers. During the hearing, Apple argued that its claims were based on stereotypes.

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However, Judge Kulkarni, in a tentative ruling, refused to dismiss the lawsuit, saying Schulze had sufficiently supported his legal claims. He also rejected Schulze's request to include her in a group of female Apple employees who have suffered workplace discrimination over the past four years.

In another case, a Dalit employee at Cisco Systems Inc. alleged caste-based discrimination by two co-workers. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a lawsuit in the case. Dismissing the allegations, Cisco also requested that the suit be dropped.