Madras HC quashes Tami Nadu law banning online games like rummy and poker

A two-judge bench said complete ban is disproportionate and irrational, adds that govt can still introduce an appropriate law that conforms to Constitutional principles of propriety

In a major boost to the online gaming industry, the Madras High Court has revoked a law by the state government banning online games like rummy, poker and other skill-based games that involve stakes.

Quashing an amendment on the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act that banned online games, a two-member bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthil Ramamoorthy stated that ‘complete ban on online games is disproportionate and irrational’.

The Madras HC said the Court was not against these games, and that nothing in the order will prevent the government from introducing appropriate legislation on the issue conforming to Constitutional principles