THE WAR INJURIES (COMPENSATION INSURANCE) BILL 95
days, and I do not understand why my learned friend should contend for an additional privilege which will extend a further period for a recal citrant employer. If we had not provided for notice in our scheme, I could have well understood the justice of a claim for a period of grace. But if my learned friend will allow me to say so I really see no distinction or it is rather a distinction, without difference, between period of notice and period of grace.
Mr. Hooseinbhoy A. Lalljee : Sir, I think the request which my Honourable friend, Mr. Abdur Rasheed Choudhury, made was a very fair one………. After all is said and done, in business life one has got to make arrangements and when we are bringing in so many people, I do feel that it will not matter very much if
15 days notice and 15 days grace period is allowed. I like the word ‘grace’ rather than the word ‘notice’ in all 30 days for the simple reason that grace 15 days is a thing which is absolutely a thing which the Government can give in their grace. Therefore I think in all fairness he will not be led by friends who believe that we in India are more dishonest than others in the world at large.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I am prepared to allow them fifteen days grace in the scheme, Sir.
- Mr. President (The Honourable Sir Abdur Rahim): The question is :
“ That to sub-clause (1) of clause 11 of the Bill the following proviso be added :
‘Provided that no payment from the Fund shall be made in discharge of any liability of the Crown to pay compensation to workmen employed by it ’.”
The motion was adopted.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambcdkar : Sir, I move :
“ That for sub-clause (3) of clause 11 of the Bill, the following be substituted :
‘(3) If when all payments which have to be made out of the Fund have been defrayed, any balance remains in the Fund, the balance shall be constituted into a Fund to be utilised and administered by the Central Government for the benefit of workmen ’.”
As I pointed out, the original position when the Bill was introduced was that the balance was to be utilised for general purposes of Government and was to merge in the general revenues of the
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. Ill, 13th August 1943, pp. 714-15.