https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307969 The Karnataka HC examined whether the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021 could treat online games of skill as betting and gambling, and whether its blanket prohibition on such games was constitutionally valid. It applied the settled predominance test, under which a game substantially dependent on skill does not become gambling merely because stakes are involved, and noted that police, public order and public health entries could not sustain a complete ban. The court also discussed Articles 19(1)(a), 19(1)(g), 21 and Article 14, focusing on reasonableness, proportionality, manifest arbitrariness and hostile discrimination in the statutory scheme. en-us Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 18 May 2023 22:07:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307969 The Karnataka HC examined whether the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021 could treat online games of skill as betting and gambling, and whether its blanket prohibition on such games was constitutionally valid. It applied the settled predominance test, under which a game substantially dependent on skill does not become gambling merely because stakes are involved, and noted that police, public order and public health entries could not sustain a complete ban. The court also discussed Articles 19(1)(a), 19(1)(g), 21 and Article 14, focusing on reasonableness, proportionality, manifest arbitrariness and hostile discrimination in the statutory scheme. Case-Laws Law of Competition Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307969