https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200426 The Karnataka High Court held that the Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 1964 conferred wide rule-making power to regulate film exhibition in licensed premises, so a rule requiring screening of Kannada films was within the statutory scheme and not ultra vires. It further held, however, that a fixed requirement that Kannada films be exhibited for 12 weeks each year was unreasonable and arbitrary because it imposed an inflexible burden, allowed no adjustment for local conditions or non-availability, and left no scope for exemption by the licensing authority. The 12-week condition was therefore struck down as violative of Article 19(1)(g). en-us Wed, 14 Dec 1988 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 10:56:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200426 The Karnataka High Court held that the Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 1964 conferred wide rule-making power to regulate film exhibition in licensed premises, so a rule requiring screening of Kannada films was within the statutory scheme and not ultra vires. It further held, however, that a fixed requirement that Kannada films be exhibited for 12 weeks each year was unreasonable and arbitrary because it imposed an inflexible burden, allowed no adjustment for local conditions or non-availability, and left no scope for exemption by the licensing authority. The 12-week condition was therefore struck down as violative of Article 19(1)(g). Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 14 Dec 1988 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200426