The Maharashtra Government’s 2005 move to ban dance bars had created a furore. At issue was the livelihood of 500,000 people, including dancers, owners and bar hands, in this Rs 1500-crore unorganized industry, besides the dangers of moral policing.
On July 22, 2005 a bill was adopted by the Maharashtra State Assembly banning dance bars across the state. Starting August 15, 2005, the ban was implemented across Maharashtra.
Bar girls were forced to turn to the Gulf, other states, waiting tables, dancing at mujras, or, in many cases, outright prostitution in order to survive. Some have even committed suicide in despair, as rehabilitation by the state has not been forthcoming. The dance bars themselves had to attempt to make ends meet by hosting live singing troupes or live bands.
However, on April 12, 2006, a Maharashtra state high court ruled the ban unconstitutional and gave the state eight weeks to file its case with the Supreme Court.
—-Analysis of Vimla Patil in tribuneindia.com follows ——
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