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04-20-2016, 03:33 PM
Indian city threatens to shut down nightclubs that host 'scantily-dressed' women
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Local authorities in the **rth Indian city of Chandigarh have ruled that bars and discotheques with “scantily dressed” women, an "indecent" or "seditious" character could be closed. The move soon came under heavy criticism on social media
See also: Entire Bengaluru law class turns up in shorts to protest ***ist professor's shaming of student (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/bengaluru-professor-shorts/)
The new (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Chandigarh-set-to-ban-short-skirts-in-discotheques/articleshow/51902629.cms) policy titled “Controlling of Places of Public Amusement” was issued by the Chandigarh administration and came into effect on Apr. 1. It rules that authorities can refuse permissions to bars with “exhibition or advertisement of scantily-dressed women” and “indecency”, or those that are “seditious and likely to excite political discontent”. The criteria for what is considered to be “scantily dressed” has **t been specified. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/chandigarh-ban-short-skirts/)
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Local authorities in the **rth Indian city of Chandigarh have ruled that bars and discotheques with “scantily dressed” women, an "indecent" or "seditious" character could be closed. The move soon came under heavy criticism on social media
See also: Entire Bengaluru law class turns up in shorts to protest ***ist professor's shaming of student (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/bengaluru-professor-shorts/)
The new (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Chandigarh-set-to-ban-short-skirts-in-discotheques/articleshow/51902629.cms) policy titled “Controlling of Places of Public Amusement” was issued by the Chandigarh administration and came into effect on Apr. 1. It rules that authorities can refuse permissions to bars with “exhibition or advertisement of scantily-dressed women” and “indecency”, or those that are “seditious and likely to excite political discontent”. The criteria for what is considered to be “scantily dressed” has **t been specified. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/chandigarh-ban-short-skirts/)
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