Dance Bars

SC ruling allows Maharashtra dance bars to serve liquor, CCTV cameras at entrance

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said dance bars in Maharashtra will continue to operate under the old terms and conditions that permitted serving of liquor with CCTV cameras at the entrance.

Maha grants licences to three dance bars, but imposes strict conditions

The govt issued the licences to the dance bars in time to meet the Supreme Court deadline

Arun Jaitley's outburst is justified: The Supreme Court is playing God

Friday's newspapers tell us that the Supreme Court has ordered a special investigation team to probe charges of wife-swapping among navy officers. Pardon me, but isn’t this the job of the police?

Grant licenses to eight dance bars by 12 May, SC tells Maha govt

Maharashtra government filed an affidavit at Supreme Court saying that they had not granted the licences as the bars' employees had criminal antecedents.

Better for women to dance in a bar than beg on streets: SC tells Maha govt

The Supreme Court on Monday criticised the Maharashtra government for not granting license to dance bars and warned it to refrain from ignoring the apex court order.

Maharashtra green-lights dance bars, but legal problems are far from over

On Monday, the Maharashtra Cabinet approved the dance bar bill with certain limitations that restrict dance bars from functioning fully. Here's a look at the history of the bill.

Maharashtra passes bill to regulate dance bars, aims to prevent obscenity, exploitation

The Bill, which sets the stage for reopening of dance bars after more than a decade, and comes post a recent Supreme Court verdict, was passed in the Upper House by voice vote with Deputy Chairman Vasant Dawkhare in Chair.

Getting too close to bar dancers can land you in jail, says Maharashtra govt's draft law

The Maharashtra government's draft law to allow licences for dance bars will be a stringent one that includes a provision for six-months imprisonment and/or a penalty of Rs 50,000 on anyone touching bar dancers or throwing money at them

Legislating morality extremely difficult: Aney cautions state govt on dance bars issue

Former Maharashtra advocate general Shreehari Aney, who resigned earlier this week, cautioned the government on legislating morality on the dance bars issue

Maha CM Devendra Fadnavis suspends four cops for submitting false reports about dance bars

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis ordered the suspension of four policemen for filing false reports on compliance of conditions by dance bars