Legal Action
In early 2005, as the local protests against the dance bars increased, dance bars in Mumbai were banned, thereafter on March 30, dance bars in the rest of Maharashtra were also banned, after complains from local state assembly members. In April 2005, state cabinet unanimously supported the home department's proposal to revoke all dance bar licenses. Most of dancing bars at the time, according to a statement made deputy Chief Minister, in the legislative assembly, were only licensed to operate as eating houses, restaurants or to run permit rooms, but were being misused. Eventually, the ban became legalized on July 22, 2005, when "Police (Amendment) Bill 2005" was adopted by the Maharashtra State Assembly banning dance bars across the state.
In April 2006, Bombay High Court, lifted a ban on dance bars, imposed by the state government, saying that the ban was discriminatory and violated the right to equality. The state government has been given eight weeks to appeal against the judgment in the Supreme Court.
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