Hyderabad, Jan. 20 -- The Telangana High Court on Tuesday, January 20, told the state government that any notifications hiking the prices of movie tickets must be issued 90 days before the release of the film.

A single-judge bench of Justice NV Shravan Kumar issued the order while hearing a petition against the fee hike of Chiranjeevi starrer "Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu." He also issued a contempt notice to the Principal Secretary of Home Department, CV Anand, for approving the fee hike for the film despite the court's earlier order against such actions.

Earlier, on January 9, Justice Kumar had suspended the government order (GO) allowing ticket price hikes for Prabhas starrer "The Raja Saab." The judge had also noted that the Cinem...