JUDGMENT

1. The petitioner is a former employee of Coca-Cola India, Inc., the respondent No.2 herein. At the time of joining the respondent company an agreement dated 20.09.1995 was entered into between the petitioner and the respondent No.2, relevant features of which will be noticed in due course. It appears that while in employment in the respondent company, the petitioner had complained of gender discrimination and harassment primarily on account of the service conditions relating to pay and emoluments. The complaint of the petitioner was sought to be redressed by the respondent company by appointing an independent investigator and thereafter through mediation proceedings which did not yield any result. With effect from 28.07.2004, the petitioner’s resignation from service in the respondent No.2 company became effective and payment in full and final settlement of her claims had also been tendered and received by the petitioner.

2. It appears that on 05.12.2006 the petitioner issued a legal notice to the respondents invoking the arbitration mechanism under the “solutions programme” and claiming compensation against harassment and gender discrimination that she claimed to have suff