Maharashtra to file fresh plea in Supreme Court to keep dance bars shut

December 17, 2015 09:41

In a last-ditch attempt to keep the ban on dance bars in Maharashtra -- the Supreme Court had lifted the ban in an interim order in October -- the state government has said it will file a fresh affidavit in the top court, and highlight how reopening the bars will give rise to "social ills".

The decision to file the fresh affidavit comes even as the state has started framing rules to govern how dance bars function, if the ban is fully lifted. The new affidavit, the state said, is likely to stress further on the need for the ban for "the good of society'. The state will file it in the next few weeks. The SC will next hear the case in February 2016.

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