The court did away with two other clauses that mandated a partition between the dancer and the audience and insisted that those seeking lic...

The court said it cannot be denied that dance performances, in dignified forms, are socially acceptable and nobody takes exceptions to it.

However, the court said that the bars could remain open between 6 pm to 11.30 pm.

It also demanded that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis takes immediate legal steps to ensure that dance bars do not start operating in the ...

The apex court had earlier asked the state government to file an affidavit on the plea of bar girls and the status of applications for open...

The SC on pulled up the Maharashtra government for not granting licence to dance bars and warned it not to overstep its powers by defying t...

The new Bill fixes accountability on the owner in case of violation of rules, exploitation of women employees, or in cases of obscenity.

The bill says that the owner or proprietor or manager of a bar will not allow any obscene dance or exploit any working woman for any immora...

In the wake of the Supreme Court order on resumption of dance bars in Maharashtra, the state government granted licences to owners of four ...

The court had noted that the provision was brought back in Maharashtra Police Act in 2014 after being held ultra vires in 2013 by the top c...

Fadnavis said his government was not in favour of opening dance bars and would explore legal options after SC asked it to implement its ord...

Bollywood celebrities Madhur Bhandarkar, Pooja Bhatt, Konkona Sensharma have hailed the SC’s decision to stay a state law banning dance bar...

The apex court has stayed the operation of 2014 amendment in the Maharashtra Police Act that had banned dance performances at bars and some...

Bar Girls' Association cautiously welcomed the decision and said it now hopes for a suitable, quick and positive action from the present st...

The state government has not yet decided whether to file a review petition in the Supreme Court in the dance bar case.

Those in the know say Mumbai had roughly 75,000 bar dancers who were similarly affected, with some reportedly committing suicide.

The Maharashtra government has announced the formation of a legal panel to study the Supreme Court ruling.