Is Online Gaming Skill or Gambling: Analysing the Legal Grey Zone in India
by Ashish Deep Verma*
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P&H HC rejects PILs seeking action against online opinion trading platforms due to adequate statutory framework; stresses need to discourage Indiscriminate PILs
“Since there exist adequate statutory frameworks for redressal of these grievances, including the Haryana Prevention of Public Gambling Act, 2025, there arises no occasion for the Court to entertain the petition under its extraordinary writ jurisdiction.”
Delhi High Court grants ad-interim injunction against unauthorised use of Baazi Games’ trade mark ‘BAAZI’
The Court held that Moonshine had demonstrated a prima facie case for a grant of injunction, the refusal of which would cause an irreparable loss to it.
‘No service tax leviable on transactions between purchaser of lottery tickets and Sikkim Govt.’; SC dismisses appeals by Union of India
“There being no agency and no service rendered by the respondents-assessees herein as an agent to the Government of Sikkim, service tax is not leviable.”
‘Poker and rummy are games of skill and not gambling’; Allahabad HC directs authorities to pass reasoned order in application for permission to run a gaming unit
The permission being granted by itself would not prevent the authorities from checking on the aspect of gambling that may take place at a particular place and if the same happens, necessary action under law can always be taken by the authorities.
TN Online Gaming Act applies only to games of chance and not games of skill : Madras High Court
The impugned Act can only apply to games of chance and not games of skill. Hence, the Act in its entirety, need not be held to be ultra vires
Whether online/ digital rummy played on Gameskraft is taxable under GST Act? Karnataka HC answers
The High Court quashed the GST notice of Rs 21,000 crores issued to Gameskraft holding it to be arbitrary and did a detailed analysis of various nuances of ‘game of chance’ and ‘game of skill’.
Karnataka HC quashes GST Intimation Notice to the tune of Rs 21,000 crores against Gameskraft
The matter which was going on since 2021 had the entire online gaming industry waiting with bated breath for the High Court's verdict.
Navigating the Intricacies of GST on Online Gaming
by Gautam Yadav†
Delhi High Court grants permanent injunction in favour of Dream 11 in a trade mark infringement suit
Delhi High Court granted permanent injunction in favour of Dream 11 against the person who was operating under the domain name ‘www.dream11.bet’ and held that the domain name adopted by the defendant was deceptively similar to that of the plaintiffs and was clearly intended to ride on the goodwill and reputation of the plaintiff’s marks.
Confessions made to Additional SP under Section 12 MCOCA not inadmissible; rank of SP includes SP, Additional SP, DCP: SC
“A difference in the seniority of a particular officer is not the same as a difference in their ranks.”
Precincts of Electronic Sports, Betting and Gambling
by Siddharth Batra† and Archna Yadav††
Cite as: 2022 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 59
‘Lotteries’ a species of ‘betting and gambling’; States Legislatures competent to levy tax: SC
Supreme Court: Dealing with the appeals preferred by the States of Karnataka and Kerala against the decisions of the Division Benches of
GST on lotteries| Prize money not to be excluded for computing the taxable value of supply, holds SC
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan*, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah, JJ has held that while determining the taxable
Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of imposition of GST on lotteries, betting and gambling
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah, JJ has upheld the constitutionality of imposition of
Madras HC | “Regulation and monitoring of online gambling is the need of the hour, T.N. Govt. must pass suitable legislation to control such online gaming through license”
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Raj HC | Online fantasy game -“Dream 11” does not involve offences of betting and gambling; Court dismisses PIL
Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Indrajit Mahanty CJ, and Ashok Kumar Gaur J., dismissed a Public Interest Litigation alleging the
Participation of more than one party is necessary in order to constitute an offence of gambling
Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of K.N. Phanendra, J. allowed a criminal petition and quashed the proceedings pending against