Ban on online games of skills played with stakes as unconstitutional: Madras HC

Junglee Games India Private Limited Vs The State of Tamil Nadu (Madras High Court)

The petitioners complain of an over-paternalistic stance taken by the State in bringing about sweeping amendments to an existing law that, according to the petitioners, infringe their fundamental rights and are otherwise unreasonable to the point of being manifestly arbitrary.

2. The challenge here is to Part II of the Tamil Nadu Gaming and Police Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Act 1 of 2021), by which

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