The Supreme Court (SC) has asked the government to introduce a separate act to manage dance and cabin restaurants and has issued its 16-point guideline for the time being till the drafting of such law.

The SC bench comprising judges Balram KC and Kalyan Shrestha issued the guideline, which states that the dance bar, cabin restaurants, and massage parlours be allowed to operate after being registered with District Administration Office.

The SC has said that it needed to bring the guideline to protest the interest of workers of those restaurants especially the women.

The guideline prohibits exploitation, particularly the sexual exploitation, of the workers.

The SC has said that since the right to work cannot be violated, it is the duty of the government to regularise, and manage such workplaces.

The apex court has said that since there are over 1200 dance and cabin restaurants where over 50,000 people work, the government needs to bring out necessary law.

The SC issued the guideline in response to a writ petition filed by advocate Prakash Mani Sharma of Pro Public.