No separate ‘Crooner’s licence’ required for lady performers in Bars: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court has held that, no separate “Crooners licence” is needed for live performers/crooners in hotels/bars/restaurants which has valid licences under the Bengal Excise Act to carry on live performances in their establishments.However, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, taking judicial notice of the fact that lady crooners perform in most vulnerable circumstances exposing them...