Articles tagged with: obscenity

SC stands up to Maha 'mindset' over dance bars: Pushing dance bar workers underground would be worse

Taking a dig at Maharashtra government over its persistence to curb dance bars, the Supreme Court on Monday said that it was better to dance then go to streets for begging or going to “places which are not acceptable” to earn a livelihood.

How to be vulgar and get away with it: The prurient limits of obscenity laws (or what could save AIB)

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The Bombay high court earlier this week restrained the police from arresting AIB members, because their comedy was vulgar but not obscene. What’s the difference? Gautam Bhatia explains…

Watching pornography at private residence ‘rave party’ not illegal: Bombay HC

Watching obscene films at a private residence was not illegal “public exhibition”, ruled the Bombay High Court yesterday following a 2008 “rave party” in a Lonavala.