<p>New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday held the payment of service charge by customers on food bills was voluntary and couldn't be made mandatory by restaurants or hotels.</p>.Govt gets tough on hotels over service charge.<p>Justice Prathiba M Singh pronounced the judgement and dismissed petitions of restaurant bodies challenging Central Consumer Protection Authority guidelines prohibiting hotels and restaurants from levying mandatory service charge on food bills.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday held the payment of service charge by customers on food bills was voluntary and couldn't be made mandatory by restaurants or hotels.</p>.Govt gets tough on hotels over service charge.<p>Justice Prathiba M Singh pronounced the judgement and dismissed petitions of restaurant bodies challenging Central Consumer Protection Authority guidelines prohibiting hotels and restaurants from levying mandatory service charge on food bills.</p>