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The High Court of Karnataka stayed the new regularisation capping cinema summons prices astatine ₹200 (excluding GST) successful each theatres and multiplexes crossed the State.
On September 23, Justice Ravi V. Hosmani passed an interim bid connected the petitions filed by Multiplex Association of India, movie accumulation houses Hombale Films, Keystone Entertainment, and VK Films.
The petitioners contended that the State Government has nary powerfulness nether the Karnataka Cinema (Regulation) Act, 1964, and the rules framed nether this law, to restrict oregon prescribe the terms for tickets for cinema exhibition. The Act is chiefly for controlling the licencing of cinema theatres, and not for controlling the prices of tickets.
The petitioners person questioned the legality of the amendment made to the Karnataka Cinema (Regulation) Rules with effect from September 12, capping the prices of the tickets astatine ₹200, but successful multiple-screen cinemas, with premium facilities of 75 seats oregon less.
The petitioners pointed retired that a akin effort to headdress the summons prices was made successful 2017 by issuing a Government Order (GO), but the bid was withdrawn aft cinema houses and others questioned the legality of the GO.
