Questions and Answers - Page 784

L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 763

The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Certainly, if there is any ambiguity it will be the duty of the Government to clarify it.

Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : Is the order very clear or does it require any interpretation ?

The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I can supply a copy to my Honourable friend.

Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : My question is this : Is the order clear and unambiguous or liable to interpretations ? The Honourable member says that the Court will interpret it. The Court will undoubtedly do it but only in the latter case.

The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not know what my Honourable friend wants to convey.

Mr. Lalchand Navalrai: My question is this. The Honourable Member said that order may be interpreted by the Court. But I say, is the order itself liable to interpretations, on which the Honourable Member says that it will be to the Court………..

Mr. President (The Honourable Sir Abdur Rahim) : That is an argument.

Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : I am putting the question.

Mr. President (The Honourable Sir Abdur Rahim) : Order, order.

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*** Employment of Women for Underground** Work in Collieries

701. Mr. K. S. Gupta : (a) Is the Honourable Member for Labour aware that Mr. Sorensen described the recruiting of women to work in coal mines in India as “most serious and retrograde step” ?

(b) Is it not a fact that the price of foodstuffs and other necessities of life have gone up four to five times the pre-war rates while wages