The Andhra Pradesh High Court reserved the writ petition filed by Bigtree Entertainment Private Limited (BookMyShow) against introduction of AP Cinemas (Regulation) (Amendment) Act No. 12 of 2021 for launching a government-run ticket-booking platform, for pronouncement of its order on July 1.
The Mumbai-based online ticket aggregator argued that the government planned to launch the ticket-booking platform in such a way that it would repress the existing private ticket-booking platforms like itself by making their business commercially unviable.
As per the scheme mentioned by the State, all booking platforms would be forced to charge a service charge of 2% in the name of forceful integration and transfer the same to the AP State Film Television and Theatre Development Corporation. In practice, it would lead to complete elimination of the business of aggregators like Bigtree Entertainment Private Limited.