New Delhi, March 11 -- The Karnataka High Court on Monday temporarily stayed a consumer court order that said PVR Cinemas was liable for making moviegoers watch long pre-movie advertisements, a Bar and Bench report said. The order will stay in effect till March 27.

The HC said that the consumer forum had overstepped its jurisdiction by treating the complaint as a larger public interest issue.

The Bengaluru consumer forum had also directed PVR Cinemas to pay a fine of Rs.1.28 lakh to the complainant.

Abishek MR had filed a complaint in the Bengaluru Urban District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in January last year, regarding a screening of the film Sam Bahadur in December 2023. He had argued that the film was scheduled to begin...