The Madras High Court has reserved orders on petitions filed by PVR Inox over the proposed closure of India’s first airport multiplex at the Aerohub in Chennai.
The Airports Authority of India stated that PVR Inox is only a sub-licensee and that the main contract with Meenambakkam Realty Private Limited stands terminated and is under arbitration.
The authority argued that a cinema hall is not a permitted activity under the Airports Authority of India Act of 1994 and cannot operate within airport premises.
It maintained that the Aerohub area legally forms part of the airport zone, even if it lies outside Central Industrial Security Force checkpoints.