The Supreme Court, on November 3, requested the Union authorities to answer a petition to ban on-line playing and betting platforms working underneath the guise of social and e-sports video games.
A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Ok.V. Viswanathan agreed to listen to the petition on Tuesday, even because the counsel for Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC) and Shourya Tiwari, advocate Virag Gupta, submitted that particulars of about 2,000 betting and playing apps had been earlier shared with the Centre.
Mr. Gupta stated the petition was centered on defending kids from being uncovered to such apps.
The plea has sought a path to Ministries of Electronics and Information Technology, Information and Broadcasting, Finance, and Youth Affairs and Sports “to do a harmonious interpretation of provisions of Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 and laws made by State legislatures, to prohibit online gambling and betting games operating in the guise of social and e-sports games”.
It stated betting and playing have been thought to be an illegal exercise within the majority of the States in India. However, over 65 crore individuals have been nonetheless enjoying these video games, creating an annual enterprise of greater than ₹1.8 lakh crore for betting platforms in India.
Counsel has sought blocking orders underneath Section 69A of the IT Act in opposition to all illegal betting and playing platforms within the nation.