Case Law Details
Chandresh Sankhla Vs State Of Rajasthan (Rajasthan High Court)
The grievance raised in the present petition is in respect of the online game known as ‘Dream 11’ and the said online game is alleged to be betting of cricket team and amounting to gambling. The petitioner has submitted that public in general are cheated in the name of ‘Dream 11’ game and people become culprit of gambling and betting without having the proper knowledge of law. The petitioner has submitted that by permitting ‘Dream 11’ game to be played, the respondents are committing offence of gambling and betting.
As per Section 12 of the Rajasthan Public Gambling Ordinance, 1949, the game involving ‘mere skill’ is exempted from the applicability of the Act/Ordinance and since ‘Dream 11’ game has been held to be a game of skill, no fault can be found by the answering respondents in the activity which is carried out by the private respondents.
Hon’ble Supreme Court has held that :-
“i) the competitions where success depends upon the substantial degree of skill are not gambling; and
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