Some of Indian Laws still ANCIENT These laws actually exist to date. Not sure if they are followed though
Punjab Excise Act still says that when you open a bar, you have to call the 'DHOL WALA' ( Drummer ) to announce its inaugural. Imagine, that a high society lounge is being inaugurated in a posh area and a DHOLWALA has to be called in the immigration and get the photographs clicked and submit them to the excise authorities to get the license. A funny sight indeed.
Again, the Indian Factories Act stipulates that each factory in India should have a water pot in the factory premises to provide drinking water to the employees. In today's world, no one would install a waterpot in its factory but would rather prefer to install a water cooler. But to my astonishment, i saw the authorities inspecting the factory pressing for the waterpot. The authorities even fined the factory I was auditing for not having a waterpot in its premises. You all will be surprised to know that the huge multiplexes ( commercial malls etc) are also categorised as a 'FACTORY' according to the statute. Now imagine that all the multiplexes in the country having to put a water pot in their premises.
One more funny but true instance of law not being amended can be seen in the Punjab Police Act. According to the act the Punjab police has to send daily reports to its headquarters in Lahore. So Pakistani President Pervez Mussharaf has one more reason to be angry with India as according to the Punjab Police Rules 1914, the act stipulates that the Punjab Police has to keep in touch with it head quarters in Lahore on a daily basis and the rules have not been changed till today-hence they still remain in force. So in a way, the head quarters of Punjab Police is still in Pakistan - A country with which we have fought 3 wars. |