2016 (4) TMI 1450

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.... Sumedha Dang Advocates For the Respondent : Mr. Sanjeev Sindhwani, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Pramod Kumar Dubey, Mr. Vaibhav Gaggar, Mr. Shiv Chopra and Ms. Megha, Advocates for R-1. Mr. Peeyush Kalra, ASC (GNCTD) and Mr. Ankit Khurana, Advocate for R-2. ORDER Both the parties are aggrieved by the order dated 17.09.2012. This order was passed in a petition filed under Order 36 of the Code ....

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....people would play against each other. Contention before the Trial Court being that these are all games of skill as there is a greater preponderance of skill over chance. The investments made by respondent No. 1 in the petitioner company would grant her equity interest but the agreement inter-se the parties had stipulated that release of payment by respondent No. 1 would be contingent on respondent....

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.... banks refuse to provide normal banking serves to the websites once it is determined that the Company is conducting normal business activities? (vii) Can the Company or its Directors, agents, players etc be held liable under any penal laws as long as they are only offering games of skill which are declared to be normal business activities? All these queries were answered against the pe....

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....om the Government of Nagaland, Department of Justice and Law wherein the answer to the query was that the games of poker, rummy and bridge involve skill and are not gambling as per the provisions of the Gambling Act, 1867. Submission again being reiterated that the impugned order has proceeded on a mis-appreciation of law. Be that as it may, Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhavi, learned senior counsel fo....