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Maharashtra Cabinet approves new dance bar bill with restrictions

Mumbai, April 11 (UNI) Maharashtra Cabinet today finally approved the dance bar bill with certain checks that would restrict bars to function fully.
The decision comes a month after the Supreme Court cleared the decks for the issuance of dance bar licences to hotels and restaurants in Mumbai as it modified the conditions for the permit and dropped the insistence on installation of CCTV cameras at restaurants and dance performance area.
The new law restrictions include not allowing these establishments to function inside residential buildings, maintaining a minimum distance of at least one kilometer from schools and places of worship, prohibiting alcohol in bar rooms, and placing a check on vulgarity.
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