What Can Be Done When Theatre Charges An Excess Price For Food?

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So you have found that an “abc” theatre charges an excess price for food? Well, that can be annoying, indeed.

Films and food are like best friends! Every moviegoer and lover would agree on that. When movie-outings are followed by toothsome munchies and nibbles, the weekends are the happiest! Yet this better experience isn’t for those who do not have enough “rainbow” in their pockets. This is associated in large part with the gradual transition from single-screen theatres to multiplexes.

What Can We Do When Theatre Charges An Excess Price For Food?

Is it appropriate that a theatre charges an excess price for food? A crucial question that usually is not answered certainly. Although no form of standing has been prescribed in the Act to file an appeal regarding this, given in order below are the approachable legal bodies in case theatre charges an excess price

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District Consumer Forum
State Commission For Consumer Dispute Redressal
National Consumer Disputes Redressal commission
The Supreme Court of India

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If a lawsuit is brought for a case of “theatre charges an excess price for food” before either of the above forums, whether collectively or independently, remedies are possible.
Refunds are made for more than MRP charging of all products.
Order to encourage filmmakers to bring their own foodstuffs can be given.

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Is It Allowed That Theatre Charges An Excess Price For Food

It is permitted to charge higher food costs in a theatre which cannot be remedied directly.

It can be appreciated to address this question by splitting it into separate sections.

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It is so because no law says that theatre is prohibited or entitled to charge higher rates for food and drinks sold within their premises.

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There’s a reason behind everything that’s in or out of the law book. Before making a law or amending it, there must have been many perspectives to a single kind of conflict/situation that might have risen at different times in the past. These are studied and observed to make relevant laws and amendments. Some of them go hand in hand with the present, while others on the opposite.

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Thus, in response to the question that this blog tries to address, it was the judicial understanding (given at that time) that found it appropriate to charge higher rates for the food in theatres.

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