Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 206 · Decided 18 February 2022
Hotel Priya, A Proprietorship v. State of Maharashtra & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 206 · [2022] 16 S.C.R. 322
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1459/2022
- Decided
- 18 February 2022
- Bench
- K.M. JOSEPH, S. RAVINDRA BHAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 15(1), 19(1)(g)
Headnote
Licensing and Performance for Public Amusement including Cabaret Performance, Melas and Tamashas Rules, 1960 - rr.108, 109, 120, 122 and 123 - Constitution of India - Article 15(1), 19(1)(g) - Impugned conditions inter alia imposed a gender cap as to or men, who can perform in orchestras and bands in licensed bars - Challenge to - Conditions upheld by High Court - On appeal, held: Impugned gender cap is the product of stereotypical view that women who perform in bars and establishments, like the appellants, belong to a
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