BookMyShow.com has been banned after the arrest of its local manager Mr.Sunil under the grounds of violation of the Section 9A of the AP Cinema Regulations Act. The booking portal for hyderabad area will remain closed till further notice from the Govt of AP.
As per Panjagutta Inspector Mr. Ashok Chakravarthy, "The site did not have permission from the licensing authority or the government and were also collecting convenience charges more than the stipulated amount by the government. As per the government's oder, only 6/- has to be charged per ticket sale, where as it is being charged Rs 16.50."
BookMyShow.com is portal of Big Tree Entertainment. Now, police are also investigating other online booking portals like ticketnew, humsurfer, indyarocks.com, and easymovies.com.
The state government introduced a GO 110, granting the license to sell online movie tickets for all theatres in state to Galaxy Entertainers Pvt Ltd. This new order,facilitate the transparency of ticket sales to evaluate the volume and bring evasive tax payers under control.
The government has also permitted Beyond Basiks Infotech Pvt Ltd to sell online thickets in 42 theatres in city. For now, the order is just introduced and yet to be passed to come into vogue.
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