Cinema halls, multiplexes have the right to prohibit outside food, says SC

Theatre owners have to let parents to bring food for infants and provide free drinking water to visitors

In what might come as relief to multiplexes, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that theatre owners had the right to prohibit outside food and beverages on their premises.

A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said that movie halls were the private property of owners, so they had the right to decide what could be carried. It set aside a Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) High Court order asking multiplexes and theatres not to prevent visitors from carrying their own food and beverages.

The Supreme Court, however, said that cinemas should allow parents to bring food