HC stays 100x hike in licence fees for orchestra bars

In an interim order that comes as a relief to bar owners, the Bombay high court has stayed a December 2019 notification issued by the Mumbai police commissioner that hiked annual premise licence fees for bars with orchestra permits. The increase in this category was from Rs 2,000 to Rs 2 lakh, and the notification was with retrospective effect from January 1, 2018, reports Swati Deshpande.

HC stays 100x hike in licence fees for orchestra bars
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In an interim order that comes as a relief to bar owners, the Bombay high court has stayed a December 2019 notification issued by the Mumbai police commissioner that hiked annual premise licence fees for bars with orchestra permits. The increase in this category was from Rs 2,000 to Rs 2 lakh, and the notification was with retrospective effect from January 1, 2018, reports Swati Deshpande.