The case, which stems from incidents from 11 years ago, raises questions of IT preferences in hiring from specific countries, especially India.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. engaged in a pattern of discriminatory conduct toward non-Indian workers and should pay punitive damages to compensate employees who suffered harm, a US jury found.

IT service giant denies claims, will appeal against verdict A US jury has found that employment practices at Cognizant constitute discriminatory conduct toward non-Indian workers in a case that originated in 2013 and claimed the tech giant favored H-1B visa holders from India over local workers.

Cognizant's Indian managers are alleged to have spoken in Hindi to exclude non-Indians, not inviting them to group lunches, and even turning backs against them

A US district court has ruled that Cognizant engaged in discriminatory practices against non-Indian employees. Former workers claimed they faced bias from Indian managers, who excluded them from discussions and promotions.

BENGALURU: A US court has found IT services company Cognizant Technology Solutions guilty of discriminatory conduct towards non-Indian workers and that the company should pay punitive damages to compensate employees who suffered harm.