An FIR filed last year against Dream11 co-founders Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth in Bengaluru has been quashed by the Karnataka High Court.
This was done on the grounds that in view of a division bench’s order striking down several provisions of Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021 – which had banned real money based online gaming in the state – nothing remains in the FIR.
In February, the Karnataka High Court struck down a state government law that banned online gaming. The state government had notified the law banning betting and wagering in online games in October last year, after