mumbai the bombay high court on tuesday stayed a ban on the charging of service fee for cinema tickets booked online a division bench of chief justice mohit shah and justice m s sonak stayed a clause in an april 2013 government resolution that prohibits cinema halls and online agencies from collecting a convenience or service charge for online booking advocate general darius khambata said the government was framing legislation a proposal will be placed before the cabinet in a week once approved an ordinance will be promulgated in a month or so he said khambata said there will be no prohibition but a fixed percentage of the amount charged as service fee will be exempted from entertainment duty bookmyshowcoms senior advocate aspi chinoy argued that pending legislation the court must pass a restraining order as it has been 12 months since they stopped charging for online bookings he cited a 2006 supreme court ruling and said grs cant be used to stop a business chinoy said that in 2000 the government had issued a gr allowing charging of up to 10 now they say you cannot charge he said senior advocate janak dwarkadas appearing for pvr cinema said the convenience fee was to favour customers who had to travel to buy a ticket and was no precondition for entry into cinema halls