Legal & Regulatory

Calcutta HC rejects plea to exempt lotteries from GST and reconsider existing rate structure

A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court rejected lottery operator M/s. Teesta Distributors writ petition to exempt lotteries…

Goa Lions in legal tangle with Raj Kundra’s Match IPL; will not participate in Season 3

Exclusive Goa Lions, one of the teams participating in Viaan Industries promoted Match Indian Poker League (Match IPL), has alleged…

President approves new Telangana law to include online rummy within the ambit of dangerous activities

President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has approved a new law passed by the Telangana legislature that inter alia includes offences under the…

AIGF participates in educative session on skill games for judicial service members

Gaming industry body All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) participated in an interactive session on 'Internet, Technology and New Age Games'…

Petitions challenging Telangana Gaming Act gather steam; HC to continue hearing on 18th September

The writ petitions filed by online rummy companies challenging the Telangana Gaming (Amendment) Act, 2017 has gathered steam with the…

Gujarat HC poker proceedings adjourned once again, matter to be listed on 15th October

A division bench of the Gujarat High Court comprising Chief Justice R. Subhash Reddy and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi once…

INCLA urges govt to permit casinos on cruise ships, FDI in gambling

The India Cruise Lines Association (INCLA), a newly formed industry body to lobby for cruise ships has urged the government…

HC yet to decide on plea by rummy companies against Telangana ban, hearing to continue on 21st August

Almost fifteen months after the Telangana government passed an ordinance banning online skill games for stakes, the Andhra Pradesh and…

Six Lok Sabha MPs ask govt about betting legalisation, minister gives written reply

Six Members of Parliament (MPs) of the Lok Sabha raised an unstarred question in Parliament today on the central government's…

Ravi Shankar Prasad says Law Commission report on betting under consideration, tables statement in RS

Exclusive Union Minister for Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad, in a statement tabled in the Rajya Sabha has stated…