The Supreme Court has raised concern over the huge costs of water bottle, coffees and other stuffs that the multiplexes sell along with movie tickets, and said if the situation persists, cinema halls will soon become empty. A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta was hearing the petitions filed by the Multiplex Association of India and others challenging the conditions that the Karnataka High Court imposed staying the Karnataka Government’s decision to cap the multiplex ticket prices at Rs 200.

The top court mentioned that the multiplexes must fix the rates so that people enjoy coming to movies, “otherwise the cinema halls will be empty”.

“You charge 100 Rupees for water bottle, 700 Rupees for coffee….” Justice Nath said, according to a Live Law report. To this, senior A

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