Cops to set 9.30 deadline for lady waiters in Mumbai

Police are planning to set a deadline of 9.30 pm for lady waiters working in bars in the city, the Bombay High Court was told today.

Police are planning to set a deadline of 9.30 pm for lady waiters working in bars in the city, the Bombay High Court was told today.

Police are also planning to restrict the number of female singers to two per three-hour shift, public prosecutor Poornima Kantharia said during the hearing of several petitions filed by 'orchestra-bars' in the city.

After the dance bars were banned in 2005, many bars in the city turned into orchestra bars. Such bars have female singers and sometimes female waiters.

Bar owners have come to the court saying that police do not allow the female singers to perform beyond 9.30 pm, whereas their license allows them to stay open till 1.30 am.

Court has now asked police to file an affidavit, in four weeks, giving detailed policy regarding such bars.

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