<div class="flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow"> <div class="min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&]:mt-5" dir="auto" data-message-author-role="assistant" data-message-id="5841b07a-55e0-4325-aafa-eda1027bcb7d" data-message-model-slug="gpt-4o"> <div class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]"> <div class="markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light"> <p style="text-align: justify;" data-start="117" data-end="740" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">A Bengaluru consumer court fined PVR Cinemas and INOX ₹1.28 lakh for delaying a movie screening by 25 minutes with excessive commercial ads.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;" data-start="117" data-end="740" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">A viewer booked a 4:05 PM show of the film “Sam Bahadur”. However, screening did not commence until 4:30 PM. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;" data-start="117" data-end="740" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">The complainant filed a complaint under <a href="https://www.indiacode.nic.in/show-data?actid=AC_CEN_21_44_00007_201935_1596441164903&orderno=35">Section 35 of the Consumer Protection Act</a> and argued that this wasted his time and disrupted his schedule.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;" data-start="117" data-end="740" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">The court ruled this practice as an unfair trade practice, ordering cinemas to display actual movie start times on tickets and limiting pre-show government PSAs to 10 minutes. BookMyShow was exempted as it doesn't control screenings.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>
