When Assembly passes the Bill to ban online gambling, governor has to clear it: TN law minister

The Madras High Court had mentioned in its 2021 judgment {that a} new legislation to ban on-line playing could also be enacted by the federal government and this made it clear the state legislature is competent to move a Bill to ban on-line Rummy, Tamil Nadu legislation minister S Regupathy mentioned on Thursday.

The HC had struck down on August 3, 2021 the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Gaming and Police Laws (Amendment) Act 2021, which banned wager or inserting wager in cyber area for different causes and never on the premise of competence of legislature, the minister instructed reporters.

Hence, the HC had made it clear that the Tamil Nadu authorities had competence to enact a legislation to ban on-line playing, he added. Governor RN Ravi had returned to the Tamil Nadu Assembly the TN Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill handed by the Assembly on October 19, 2022 stating the state legislature ‘lacked legislative competence.’

“It is not clear why the Governor has returned the Bill,” Regupathy mentioned.

The causes put forth by governor Ravi for sending again the Bill could be examined by chief minister M Okay Stalin. The governor is responsibility certain to offer his assent when the Bill is adopted once more within the Assembly, he added.

Earlier, the courtroom had mentioned that an acceptable laws could also be handed by the federal government conforming to the Constitutional sense of propriety within the discipline of betting and playing.

After the Bill’s passage, it was despatched to Raj Bhavan for the Governor’s assent and the federal government had repeatedly urged Governor Ravi to clear it.

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