Dance bars in Maharashtra can continue to operate as before

The Supreme Court has ruled that 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. The honorable bench did not put on hold the new rules that limited the timings of the dances up to 11.30 p.m., prohibited serving of liquor and installation of CCTV cameras in the dance bar itself. However, the judges said the "persons granted license should be allowed to continue under old terms and conditions".
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 22 September 2016.

The bench took exception to the new rules that prohibits serving of liquor at the dance bars and said that if somebody has a bar license and a dance bar, there cannot be any restriction on serving liquor.
As to installation of CCTV at the entrance, senior counsel appearing for the Maharashtra government said that installing CCTV in dance area was a part of the police power of the state. However, senior counsel appearing for the dance bar owners said that CCTVs had a chilling affect on the people who come to dance bars because people have some right to privacy.


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