The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday stayed the state government’s decision to cap cinema ticket prices at ₹200, granting interim relief to theatre owners and multiplex chains. Justice Ravi Hosmani said the price cap will not take effect until the petitions are heard and decided on merits.

The order came on pleas filed by the Multiplex Association of India, several film production companies, and a shareholder of PVR Inox, challenging the state’s move to impose a uniform ceiling on ticket prices across Karnataka.

Senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi , Dhyan Chinappa , and Uday Holla argued that the cap is arbitrary, exceeds legislative authority, and infringes the fundamental right to carry on business under Article 19(1)(g) . Rohatgi submitted that the amendment oversteps the parent prov

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