The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in a circular dated 3rd September, 2015 (Circular 15/2015) clarified that winnings from offshore online gaming or poker websites...
The Supreme Court in its order dated 18th August allowed rummy club Mahalakshmi Cultural Association to withdraw its Special Leave Petition (SLP) as the members of...
In an interesting turn of events, a Supreme Court bench of Justices Madan Lokur and SA Bobde declined to adjudicate on the legality of online rummy in...
Navraj Gurung, senior leader and General Secretary of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), the principal opposition party in Sikkim has followed the casino and gaming industry in...
[In this post, Sourya Banerjee, student of Faculty of Law, IFHE Hyderabad discusses the legality of penny auctions and whether they could be considered as gambling...
As reported earlier Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling introduced the Sikkim Online Gaming (Regulation) Amendment Bill 2015 in the legislative assembly on 28th July 2015. The legislative...
The Delhi sessions court at Patiala House predictably discharged cricketer S Sreesanth and 35 others in what is popularly known as the IPL betting and fixing...
The Nagaland Prohibition of Gambling and Promotion and Regulation of Online Games of Skill Bill, 2015 was referred to a five member select committee by the legislative...
Some regional publications including a recent opinion piece in Nagaland Post titled ‘Online gaming: skills and chance’, indicate that the time may not be ripe for...
The Supreme Court appointed 3 member committed headed by retired Chief Justice of India RM Lodha submitted its report on the quantum of punishment in the...
