Dance Bar

SC paves way for Mumbai dance bars: Between govt agendas and judiciary, law has taken one step forward, two back over past 14 years

The government's resolve to modify the effects of the Supreme Court order hardly comes as a surprise. In the game go between the subsequent state governments and the judiciary, the law has taken one step forth and two steps back over the past 14 years.

Activists call SC verdict on Maharashtra dance bars a 'great victory', express hope of ex-performers returning to profession

Social activists in Mumbai expressed hope that the Supreme Court's verdict which paved the way for the reopening of dance bars in Maharashtra would inspire former dancers who had left their profession to return to it.

SC seeks response from Maharashtra govt on plea challenging law against dance bars

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Maharashtra government on a plea of a bar dancers' body challenging the constitutional validity of a 2016 state law putting conditions on dance performances by women in bars and hotels in the state.