There was a thread about this earlier, but i can't seem to find it now.

Anyway, it looks like the clampdown on amplified music after 10 pm, which has been ongoing since January, will continue.

What happened is that some "concerned citizens" of Baga and Anjuna filed a PIL (public interest litigation) case against the Goa police for not acting on complaints about violation of the law banning amplified music above a certain volume after 10pm. These complaints tended to be about the same few places which were persistent offenders, but which had come to "an arrangement" with the police.

The court have now found in favour of the complaint and have directed the police to properly enforce the law. They have also suggested that they buy some decibel meters in order to measure the level of noise! Talk about closing the stable door after the horse has bolted!.

Anyway, what this means is that the police no longer wait for a complaint to be made to take any action (or not!), but will try to pre-empt complaints by continuing to "remind" places which put on entertainment or play music to stop once 10 o'clock comes around. By 11 o'clock it's pretty quiet, though most places do stay open, just with the music either turned off or at very low volume.

Places which are sound-proofed, such as the discos inside at Tito's and Club Cubana, can stay open (much) later.

Whether you approve of this or not will depend on what you want from Goa. Personally, whilst i think it's important that there is such a law (it was originally framed to prevent religious conflict caused by noise from temples/mosques/churches) it doesn't seem practical to enforce such an early shutdown in what is after all primarily a tourist destination, at least for half of the year. Most people agree that 11 o'clock or midnight would be a much more practical time. But for now, it look's like the law will continue to be enforced.