Supreme Court to decide on women’s right to dance in bars.
9 May 2013, New Delhi: The Supreme Court today reserved its decision on the constitutionality of the ban on dance performances in bars in Maharashtra imposed under the Bombay Police (Amendment) Act of 2005. Introduced in August 2005, section 33A of the Bombay Police Act prohibited ‘any type of dancing’ in an “eating house, permit room or beer bar” while section 33B allowed dance performances in three star and above hotels and other ‘elite’ establishments. The ban was immediately contested by bar owners and dancers’ unions. On 12 April 2006, the Bombay High Court struck it down on the grounds that the prohibition on dancing violated the right to carry on one’s profession/occupation under Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution.
9 May 2013, New Delhi: The Supreme Court today reserved its decision on the constitutionality of the ban on dance performances in bars in Maharashtra imposed under the Bombay Police (Amendment) Act of 2005. Introduced in August 2005, section 33A of the Bombay Police Act prohibited ‘any type of dancing’ in an “eating house, permit room or beer bar” while section 33B allowed dance performances in three star and above hotels and other ‘elite’ establishments. The ban was immediately contested by bar owners and dancers’ unions. On 12 April 2006, the Bombay High Court struck it down on the grounds that the prohibition on dancing violated the right to carry on one’s profession/occupation under Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution. 
