Hyderabad, Dec. 13 -- The Telangana High Court Division Bench has temporarily lifted the restrictions on increasing movie ticket prices, clearing a major hurdle for the release ofAkhanda 2.

A bench comprising Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice Gadi Praveen Kumar issued interim directions suspending the single-judge order that had stayed the state government's memo permitting a hike in cinema ticket rates. The suspension will remain in force until December 15.

On December 10, the state government issued a memo allowing theatres to revise ticket prices upward. However, the decision was challenged in court, and the single judge subsequently stayed the implementation of that memo through interim orders.

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