85,000 fine on Cinepolis and Coca-Cola: Cinema hall barred from carrying water bottles, forced to buy at exorbitant prices.

The Patna Consumer Commission has delivered a major verdict in the case of preventing people from taking water bottles from outside into cinema halls and forcing them to buy water at exorbitant prices inside. The commission has imposed a total fine of ₹85,000 on Cinepolis Cinema and Coca-Cola Company. Considering this as an unfair trade practice, the commission has ordered the complainant to be compensated and the amount to be deposited into the State Consumer Welfare Fund. The verdict in the 2016 case...