Rummy with stakes in club card rooms permitted, while police may verify compliance and act against other games.

The club was recognised as entitled to conduct its card room for rummy with stakes, including the syndicate or thirteen-card game, and police authorities were not permitted to obstruct that activity. At the same time, police retained liberty to enter the premises to verify compliance and to take action if games other than rummy with stakes were being played. The clarification also left intact the police's power to proceed in respect of cases already registered.

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Issues: Whether the police authorities could be restrained from interfering with the club's card room where members and guests played rummy with stakes, and the extent of the police's liberty to verify compliance.

Analysis: The clarification accepted that the club was entitled to conduct the card room for the game of rummy with stakes or syndicate (thirteen card game). At the same time, it preserved the police power to enter the premises for verification and to take further action if games other than rummy with stakes were being played. It also left undisturbed the police's liberty to proceed in cases already registered.

Conclusion: The police authorities were held not entitled to obstruct the club from conducting rummy with stakes, while retaining the right to verify and act against any other game.

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