SC asks Maha govt to grant licenses to 8 dance bars by May 12

May 10, 2016 19:49

The Supreme Court today directed Maharashtra government to grant licenses to eight dance bars within two days and asked them to give an undertaking that they would not engage employees with criminal antecedents near the dance area.

"It is directed that an undertaking shall be given by appellants who have filed application that they shall not engage employees in the bar and dance area whose names have been mentioned in the affidavit given by the state.

"The undertaking shall be issued by tomorrow and the licenses shall be issued by day after tomorrow," a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh said.

Maharashtra government had filed an affidavit in the court informing the bench that they had not granted licenses to eight dance bars as they found some of their employees with criminal antecedents.

Senior advocate Jayant Bhushan, appearing for Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association, said not a single license has been issued till date.

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