Ban on dance bars extended to Five star hotels in Maharashtra

The new Bill seeks to amend the Dance Bar Prohibition Act to remove a 'legal lacuna' on the ground of which the apex court had struck down the state government's 2005 order to ban dance bars. The decision was taken on a proposal of state's home department to amend sections 31 and 32 of the Act. 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.