India's largest pan-India e-ticketing website that serves as one of the few destinations online to buy tickets for movies, plays, sports and other entertainment events - BookMyShow.com - has been temporarily banned in AP by the government for some statutory reasons.
The portal's Hyderabad manager Sunil was reportedly arrested for the violation of Section 9A of the AP Cinema Regulations Act, following which the Government of AP temporarily banned BookMyShow.com.
According to sources, Punjaguta Inspector Ashok Chakravarthy informed the media that the ticketing portal did not have the permission of the appropriate licensing authority or the state governement. Besides, the site was also found to take a convenience charge of Rs. 16.50 per ticket, which is almost triple the Rs. 6 stipulated by the government.
Besides BookMyShow.com, various other portals that sell tickets for movies being screened at multiplexes in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam have also been affected.
It has also been reported that other e-ticketing portals such as ticketnew.com, humsurfer.com, indyarocks.com and easymovies.com have come under the scanner.
All State & Indian government should not let these online ticket sellers to charge as much as as they want. They must be controlled under any existing Law Act.
When I go to a theatre in chennai to book opening day ticket for a mass hero's movie, There was a notice board in theatre, written "Tickets can be booked only through Tcketnew.com " I was really upset and left.,
Then, while am trying to book tickets on ticketnew.com, actual ticket price is Rs.40, including their service cost is Rs.70. If it continues. they will double the cost and sell the tickets like "Black Ticket Sellers".
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