A US district court has refused to hold a fresh trial in a case where it had cleared India-based Tata Consultancy Services of discrimination against local employees, reports the Economic Times. The court last week denied the motion by three former TCS workers, who had questioned the verdict of a California jury in November. The jury had rejected claims that the Indian IT firm preferred to staff its US offices with Indians instead of Americans. During the trial, TCS had presented proof that the non-south Asians in question were fired because they had refused to relocate or were challenging to work with, among other reasons. The company later said that decisions on hiring and retention of employees were made “irrespective of their background or national origin”.