https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=103042 Horse racing is treated as a contest predominantly of skill, with breeding, training, jockey ability, speed, stamina, form and expert judgment as the decisive factors; on that basis, wagering or betting on horse races falls outside the penal reach of the Madras City Police Act, 1888 and the Madras Gaming Act, 1930. The commentary also explains that the Madras Race Club (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1986 lacked a genuine nexus with articles 39(b) and 39(c), so article 31(c) protection was unavailable. Once that protection failed, the acquisition had to satisfy article 14, and the article states that the takeover was arbitrary and discriminatory. en-us Fri, 12 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 23 Mar 2017 16:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=103042 Horse racing is treated as a contest predominantly of skill, with breeding, training, jockey ability, speed, stamina, form and expert judgment as the decisive factors; on that basis, wagering or betting on horse races falls outside the penal reach of the Madras City Police Act, 1888 and the Madras Gaming Act, 1930. The commentary also explains that the Madras Race Club (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1986 lacked a genuine nexus with articles 39(b) and 39(c), so article 31(c) protection was unavailable. Once that protection failed, the acquisition had to satisfy article 14, and the article states that the takeover was arbitrary and discriminatory. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 12 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=103042