Online Gaming Law: Karnataka HC To Hear Petitions On Wednesday

The Karnataka High Court will take up the petitions challenging the law prohibiting online betting games for a hearing on October 27, Wednesday. The official of the courtroom Krishna S Dixit will hear the petitioner for the reasons for considering interim relief gaming organizations have looked for. All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) has filed an appeal challenging the Constitutional legitimacy of the amendments to the Karnataka Police Act, 1963. Other gaming organizations also have moved the court challenging the law and looking for help. The court will club the petitions and hear them. Advocate General Prabhuling Navadgi showed up for the state government and informed the court that the government will file a statement of complaints by Wednesday. Senior advocate Arvind Datar showed up for the gaming federation. The petitions have looked for between time help that includes a stay for the activity of the new amendments to the Police Act identifying with online gaming, and directions to the state government not to start procedures under the provisions of the law during the pendency of the request. The petitioners have held that Madras High Court had as of late struck down a comparable law that attempted to stop online skill gaming in Tamil Nadu. The Karnataka government, on October 5, informed the law prohibiting wagering and betting in online games after Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot gave his consent. The Karnataka Legislature had passed amendments to Karnataka Police Act, 1963 during its new sitting. AIGF has said the southern state's law has harmed the "legitimate online skill gaming organizations that reserve the privilege to trade." Karnataka's amended Police Act boycotts online games that are "games of chance" in nature. The law peruses: "gaming implies and includes online games, including all types of betting or wagering, including the type of tokens valued in terms of money paid previously or after issue of it, or electronic means and virtual currency, electronic exchange of funds regarding any game of chance." The law, be that as it may, prohibits lottery or betting, or wagering on a horse race. Instruments of gaming, the law says, included any article utilized or planned to be utilized as a subject or method for gaming, including computers, computer systems, mobile app or internet or cyberspace, virtual platform, computer network, computer resource, any communication device, electronic applications, software.       Credits: The Economic Times