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DB directs DM to ensure uniform sale price of cinema tickets No restriction on taking eatables inside cinema halls 7/20/2018 10:07:54 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 20: In Public Interest Litigation seeking a direction to the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, for ensuring proper implementation of Jammu & Kashmir Cinemas (Regulation) Rules, 1975 in its letter and spirit and prohibiting them from restraining the movie goers from taking outside eatables with them inside the Cinema Halls, a Division Bench of the State High Court Comprising Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice Sanjay Kumar Gupta after hearing Adv Aditya Sharma for the PIL whereas Sr. AAG HA Siddiqui appearing for the State and Advocates Raman Sharma and YE Tak for the respondents, directed Multiplexes/Cinema Halls Owners of the State of J&K not to prohibit cinema goers/viewers henceforth from carrying his/her own food articles and water inside the theatre. DB further directed Government of J&K as well as Licensing Authority/ every District Magistrate in the State to ensure henceforth complete ban of polythene bags in the Multiplexes/Cinema Halls. Further, Multiplex/ Cinema Hall owners are also directed to erect sign boards at conspicuous places requesting the cinema viewers not to litter waste food articles, bottles etc. in the multiplexes/ Cinema Halls. DB further directed Government of J&K as well as Licensing Authority/ every District Magistrate in the State to ensure proper uniformity be maintained with respect to the sale price of tickets in all the cinemas of the State in terms of Rule 87(i) & (ii) of the Jammu & Kashmir Cinemas (Regulation) Rules, 1975. DB further observed that as regards security related issues, the multiplexes/cinema hall owners have installed metal detectors and even the security guards/staff employed there though can frisk the people to a limited extent, but they cannot take away all the food items, especially when there is no legal or statutory provision prohibiting people from carrying personal food articles into film theatres, that too when vendors are allowed to serve inside at exorbitant prices.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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