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Hotel Priya, A Proprietorship v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 16 S.C.R. 322
Bench K.M. Joseph J.
Decided 18 February 2022

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For the foregoing reasons, the impugned judgment is hereby set aside.

Judgment, page 27

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Licensing and Performance for Public Amusement includin g Cabaret Performance, Melas and Tamashas Rules, 1960 – rr.108, 109, 120, 122 and 123 – Constitution of India – Art icle 15(1), 19(1)(g) – Impugned conditions inter alia imposed a gender cap as to the number of women or men, who can perform in o rchestras and bands in licensed bars – Challenge to – Conditions uphel d by High Court – On appeal, held: Impugned gender cap is the pr oduct of stereotypical view that women who perform in bar s and establishments, like the appellants, belong to a ce rtain class of society – Such measures that

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