SC stays J&K HC direction allowing people to carry food inside cinema halls

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today stayed a Jammu and Kashmir High Court direction to the cinema hall and multiplex owners of the State not to prohibit moviegoers from carrying own food and water inside the theatres.

Besides the relaxation on carrying food items inside the theatres, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court had on July 18 passed a number of directions related to cinema halls.

A bench of justices R F Nariman and Indu Malhotra, as an interim relief, stayed only one direction of the High Court and sought the reply of the State Government and the lawyers who had filed a PIL before the High Court within four weeks. (AGENCIES)