In a controversial move in 2005, dance performances in bars of the state were banned, but three-star and five-star hotels were kept out of the purview of the Act.
New Delhi: The Maharashtra Cabinet on Friday passed a law banning dance bars across the state.
The Maharashtra Cabinet had on Thursday approved a draft bill to amend the Dance Bar Prohibition Act to remove a 'legal lacuna' on the ground of which the Supreme Court had struck down its 2005 order to ban dance bars.
The move comes as a blow to thousands of bar girls and others associated with such establishments who had hoped to regain their livelihood following the Supreme Court order.
In a controversial move in 2005, dance performances in bars of the state were banned, but three-star and five-star hotels were kept out of the purview of the Act.
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