SC stays J&K HC direction permitting people to carry outside food in cinema

The challenge in the petition is limited to the aforesaid direction issued by the high court

The Supreme Court (SC) has stayed the Jammu and Kashmir High Court’s direction to multiplex and cinema hall owners in the state to allow outside food inside multiplexes.
 
The high court had passed an order on July 18, directing the multiplex and cinema hall owners of the state not to prohibit audience members from carrying their own food and water inside the cinemas. The Multiplex Association of India (MAI) had filed a special leave petition before the Supreme Court challenging this order.
 
The matter was listed for hearing on Friday, before a Bench comprising Justice R F Nariman