Can a hotel/restaurant charge more than MRP of a water bottle
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Visited a restaurant for dinner yesterday night. They served us with water bottle aquafina having mrp of 20₹. But on the bill they charged us for 35₹ per bottle. Rather than that, they even calculated GST on water bottlez which is having a mrp of 20₹ including all taxes. When i asked the management how they can charge more than mrp, they said that the hotels can charge like this, government has given permission to the hotels for this.
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there should be no extra charges on water bottle.govt as already ordered to sell water bottles on mrp..u can file case
This is true for shops at malls/airports etc,not for hotels/restaurants.Read the Supreme Court verdict in the given link above.When you sit inside a hotel/restaurant drinking mineral water then you are not just paying for the bottle but also for the waiter that brings it,the chair that you sit on,the ac/lighting etc.In short that water bottle is not just sold to you but served to you.They can replace that mineral water bottle with their own RO water & you still have to pay the same money & this is perfectly legal.
goto consumer court with bill, otherwise dont visit that hotel again or post that in your facebook wall, so sometime that become viral and hotels may stop this thing.
this is india, day light robbery is possible in any form 
Only if he wants to fight a lost case,see above Supreme Court judgement link.
In a judgement passed on Tuesday on a special leave petition filed by the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India against the Union of India, the apex court said when hotels and restaurants sell food and drinks, they also render a services………. For More: https://www.thewaterdepo...m/
i guess, there must be a service included.
Example: waiter must have given bottle with glass.
May be considering service, they must be charging more
this is still a better deal
tea is minimum 60rs for 1 cup in 2 star + hotels
it’s loot
They usually have bottles with higher MRP (marked up price).
It used to be the case a few years back(seen shops just outside Delhi airport selling Rs.20 1l bottle mrp printed as Rs.40) but now I think they simply use more expensive brands(e.g.tata himalayan or qua).
Yes. They can.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/c...