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From: "Cecil Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
one (elderly and respectable) correspondent has written in that
one of the waitress' at Viva Panjim restaurant is actually from Hyderabad
(his exact words are "when I tried to flirt with the comely lass")
Response:
I did have lunch last month at Viva Panjim and was served by a female
waitress but since I was accompanied by my wife, I did not flirt with her!
It is true there there are not many waitresses in Goa but could this because
there is a law banning females from serving alcohol?
Indian women 'can serve alcohol'
13 Jan. 2006: BBC News. The High Court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has
overturned a law which banned women from serving alcohol in public places.
Two judges ruled that the 1914 legislation was unconstitutional. They said
the law violated a woman's fundamental right to equality and to choose her
own profession . Since alcohol was served not only in bars but also in
restaurants, at banquets and even in hotel rooms, a woman's right to advance
her career in the hospitality industry would be severely jeopardised, their
ruling said.
Lawyers representing India's federal government and the local government of
Delhi have not said whether they will appeal to the Supreme Court. Full text
at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4607430.stm
Since the federal Government is involved I assume that the law appies to
India and not just Delhi.
Cheers
Eddie Fernandes
