Download SC judgment clearing way for running of dance bars in Maharashtra

Seven years after they were banned, dance bars can again run in Maharashtra with the Supreme Court on Tuesday upholding a Bombay High Court verdict quashing the state government’s order. A bench comprising Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice SS Nijjar also vacated its stay order on implementation of the high court judgement. The Maharashtra government had in 2005 brought in an amendment in the Bombay Police Act which was challenged in the high court by association representing restaurants and bars.The high court in 2006 had quashed the government’s decision. The state governmen...