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Supreme Court Halts Karnataka HC’s Ticket-Record Mandate in Multiplex Price-Cap Case

The order keeps the state’s Rs 200 ceiling on hold pending a November 25 hearing.

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Justice Nath said the rates should be fixed and made more reasonable so that people continue visiting theatres, warning that otherwise cinema halls would end up empty.
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Overview

  • A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta stayed the Karnataka High Court’s compliance directions and issued notices on petitions filed by the Multiplex Association of India and others.
  • The single judge may continue hearing challenges to the amendment rules, and the High Court’s stay on the Rs 200 cap remains operative.
  • The judges voiced concern over steep ticket and food prices and indicated sympathy for a Rs 200 figure, without delivering any final ruling on pricing.
  • Petitioners argued the record-keeping regime was unworkable because most sales run through intermediaries like BookMyShow and multiplexes do not retain buyer ID details for many transactions.
  • Karnataka said the conditions aimed to enable consumer refunds if the state prevails, and the High Court had warned that non-compliance would trigger automatic application of the cap.