[Online Rummy] Gujarat HC Directs State Govt To Treat PIL For Regulation Of Online Gambling As A Representation

The Gujarat High Court has observed that the present legal framework in reference to gambling should be regulated to include virtual/ online/ Cyber space gambling. The Bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice JB Pardiwala has directed the State Government to consider a PIL, seeking regulation of online gambling, as a representation, and do the needful in the “larger public interest”.”We direct the State of Gujarat to consider this writ application as a representation. If the online games involve gambling and if they are being played in the State of Gujarat, then it is expected of the State to deal with the same appropriately as gaming is a subject matter of List II of the Schedule VII of the Constitution of India,” the Bench observed.