Hyderabad, Sept. 27 -- The Telangana High Court on Friday, September 26, pulled up the state government for repeatedly failing to file counters in petitions challenging the hike in cinema ticket rates.

The court reminded that it had earlier directed the implementation of GO 120 to regulate ticket prices, and questioned how the government could issue fresh orders contrary to those directions.

The court was hearing a petition filed by B Mallesh Yadav challenging the government memo issued on September 19, permitting enhanced ticket rates along with benefit shows for the upcoming filmOG.

Single judge suspends memo

Earlier, a single judge had suspended the memo, following which the film producers approached a division bench. The bench, ho...