5.5 This is why the Commission greatly welcomes the interventions of the Supreme Court, for they have served not only to remind the nation of its responsibilities, but also stimulated tbought and action to deal with this complex problem. Thus, the landmark decision of the Constitutional Bench of the Court in Unnikrishnan vs State of Andhra Pradssh (1993-1 SC 645), changed the parameters within which the question of child labour was subsequently to be considered, setting out as it did that Article 45 of the Constitution, directing the providing of free and compulsory education for all of the children of India until completion of the age of 14 years, be treated as an enforceable Fundamental Right. More recently, the judgement of the Supreme Court, delivered on 10 December 1998 in the case M.C.Mshta vs State of Tamil Nadu (AIR 1987 SC 699) confirmed the position of the Court in this respect and also provided for a number of practical steps to end child labour, including: " a nation-wide survey of child labour to be completed within 6 months; the payment of Rs.20,000 by an offending employer, for each child employed in contravention of the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, into a Child Labour Rehabilitation-cum-Development . .-. .. Fund; .- . ,- ,-. the Stab to see to it that an adult member of the family, whose child was employed in a hazardous industry, gets a job anywhere, in lieu of the child; * when alternative employment is not provided, the parentlguardian of the concerned child would be paid every month the income which would be earned on the corpus, which would be a sum of Rs.25,000 for each child, every month; on discontinuation of the employment of the child, hidher education must be assured in a suitable institution, it being pointed out that Article 45 of the Constitution mandates free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of 14 years. 5.6 This Commission has consistently argued that the most potent way of dealing with the question of child labour would be through the provision of free and compulsory education, as required by Article 45 of the Constitution. Tt4 RtgM e , if ~ ~ t k s ~ ~ i n t h e ~ 4 o 8 h d d Thisis t i l r d C J P " - F , in ite 4awt A n W that Porliumant g h comprsham m, d I ~ .