https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282549 A licensing regime for restaurants offering live band, cabaret and discotheque performances was upheld as a valid regulatory measure under the Karnataka Police Act, 1963. The Court treated the licence requirement and related conditions on parking, seating, safety, fire hazards, law and order, indecency and public convenience as reasonable restrictions in the interests of the general public under Article 19(6), with no arbitrariness under Article 14. The exemption for specified cultural performances was also sustained because it rested on a rational classification linked to the nature and usual venue of those performances. en-us Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 13 Aug 2019 11:10:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282549 A licensing regime for restaurants offering live band, cabaret and discotheque performances was upheld as a valid regulatory measure under the Karnataka Police Act, 1963. The Court treated the licence requirement and related conditions on parking, seating, safety, fire hazards, law and order, indecency and public convenience as reasonable restrictions in the interests of the general public under Article 19(6), with no arbitrariness under Article 14. The exemption for specified cultural performances was also sustained because it rested on a rational classification linked to the nature and usual venue of those performances. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282549