GUJARAT Holiday from Labour Laws Shalini Randeria Achyut Yagnik THERE was a time when the feudal lords approached the Pope for Dispensations from the rigours of Canonic Laws. To prop up the Papal System these Dispensations were granted for a price. Fortunately for the powers that be, such medieval practices have not died out in present- day Gujarat, as may be seen from the following report from the Ahmedabad editions of Times of India of August 6: