Dear Indu 182,
Thanks for your greetings on the occasion Makar Sankranti. I reciprocate the greetings.
It may be noted that this is a public forum and the queries raised on the forum are bound to come under public scrutiny. One should be prepared for such scrutiny.
Secondly, when a person enters into the fray of entrepreneurship, one is expected to keep oneself abreast with the labour laws. This is a basic requirement. The trouble with the current times is that raising unicorns has been romanticised a lot. Entrepreneurship does not just end with raising the funds and having an innovative idea. The business owner must abide by the labour laws too. They would not be doing a favour by doing so. It is their duty.
The US or the European countries have grown because of the strong implementation of the labour laws. Can one ever think that such a crazy idea of the denial of the payment to a woman employee occurring to an entrepreneur from the US or Europe?
You have written that "One of member wrote that even after 75 years of independence still, people are not aware of the law. Is it a crime not to know all the law? " The answer to your question is yes, it is crime not to know the law. Aristotle has mentioned the importance of the laws 2,500 years ago. Following is his famous quote:
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
The trouble with India is that the violation of the labour laws is so rampant that it has desensitized us. We have learnt to live with the fact that the laws are meant to remain only on paper. The practical implementation of the laws, whether of the labour laws or any other laws, is a big joke. Notwithstanding this dichotomy, the average citizen is fed a dream of making India a superpower or a US$ 5 Tn economy. Nevertheless, hardly anyone understands that the exploitation of labour will make that dream a pipe dream!
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar