Gupta said that employing children below 14 years of age in households was prohibited under law because domestic work of all kind is categorized under 'hazardous activities'.

'If convicted, it attracts a penalty of Rs.20,000 and/or jail term ranging from six to 24 months,' she added.

The action comes barely three days after Dharnorkar was arrested for beating her maid. However she managed to secure bail within hours, causing a furore.

The victim, Rameshwari is lodged in a juvenile rescue home.

'The government feels that for such heinous offence, (Urvashi) should not have secured bail so easily. Now we are contemplating other serious charges against her, including laws pertaining to bonded labour and child trafficking,' Gupta said.

She said there had been many similar complaints that people from the glamour world were employing children as domestic servants.

'These famous personalities are role models for society. Whatever they do, the masses blindly follow them. This magnifies the problem,' Gupta said.

The Child Labour Prevention Act, 1986, was amended in October 2006 to ban employment of children under 14 as domestic maid and in restaurants, hotels and other hospitality sectors.