Online games like poker and rummy, according to the petitioner, are games of skill rather than chance and shouldn't have been outlawed.
The Tamil Nadu (TN) government's recent law banning all kinds of internet gaming has been challenged in a petition filed before the Madras High Court by the All India Gaming Federation.
The case would be heard on November 16 together with three other petitions submitted on the same subject, according to a bench made up of acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy when the matter was called for hearing on Thursday.
The Federation has contested the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Ordinance, 2022's constitutionality in the current argument.
By asking for a stay of execution, the petitioner has also requested temporary reprieve.
The argument made in the petition, submitted through Sunil Krishnamurthy, general secretary of the Federation, was that only "games of chance" and not "games of skill" could be outlawed in India.
It claimed that the TN government had incorrectly labelled games that involve skill, including rummy and poker, as games of chance.
This was done so that the new ordinance could forbid such games. In its argument, the Federation also stated that it worked hard to ensure that online gaming was done morally.
Complainants emphasized that all members and online gambling companies must comply with a charter that requires them to warn players of the harmful effects of gambling, including addiction, among other things.
Lawyer Satish Parasaran and Lawyer Rahul Unnikrishnan attended the Petitioners Association. TN Law Officer R Shunmugasundaram appeared for the provincial government.
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