The judgement of Mumbai High Court declared the state governments recent act to ban dance in the bars as discriminatory, unconstitutional. Recognising dancing in the bars as legitimate profession for women to earn their livelihood, it rejected the argument of the government that dance performed in these bars was obscene or vulgar.
The judgement is of 257 pages.
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You can now access and read the whole judgement of Mumbai High Court that lifted the ban on dancing in the bars.
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Even though the State govt is going to the supreme court I hope that this discriminatory, retrograd ban is lifted. Last I heard, India was still a free country and idiots like RR Patel and Pramod Navalkar should be banned instead!!!