It also said it plans to amend the existing law to hike entertain duty on dance performances or enforce strict time regulations for such performances.
Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse told reporters here that the Supreme Court order to stay the operation of 2014 amendment in the Maharashtra Police Act that had banned dance performances at these places, was interim.
The order paves the way for reopening of dance bars across the state.
The Supreme Court has, however, added a rider to its interim order and allowed the licensing authorities in the state to regulate indecent dance performances at bars and other places.
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Khadse said the government would consider hiking taxes or enforcing strict time regulations for such performances.
"We can increase entertainment duty on these performances or enforce strict time regulations," he said.
The Maharashtra government had brought an amendment in 2005 -- the Bombay Police Act -- which was challenged in high court by an association representing restaurants and bars.
However, the state government had moved the apex court against the high court's order that same year.
On July 16, 2013, the Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court verdict quashing the state government's order and had said that the ban violated the constitutional right to earn a living.
The state assembly however, on June 13, 2014, passed the Maharashtra Police (second amendment) Bill which prevented licences for dance performances in three-star and five-star hotels. The ban also covered drama theatres, cinema halls, auditoriums, sports clubs and gymkhanas, where entry is restricted only to members.