It was excessive and disproportionate…This court, therefore, strikes down the amendment in its entirety as ultra vires the Constitution.” It added, “The legislation assailed has to be regarded as something done capriciously and irrationally.
“By imposing a wide-ranging complete ban, the least intrusive test was violated and the ban had thereby fallen foul of Article 19(1) (g) of the Constitution (right to practice any profession, or to carry on any occupation, trade or business),” the bench said. On Tuesday, the first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy quashed the amendment and allowed a batch of PILs from Junglee Games India Private Limited and others. Palaniswami had recently said the government was taking steps to ban online games following demands from several quarters and complaints about suicides of people who lost money in such activities in the state.Also Read | Explained: Why has Tamil Nadu banned online games and gambling? 5,000 fine and and six months imprisonment, two years jail and Rs.10,000 fine for people who operate common gaming houses. Other provisions of the ordinance include punishing those found 'gaming' with Rs.
This comes weeks after the state government informed the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that it was actively considering banning online games.Īccording to the official press release this step has been taken after suicides by people who allegedly lost money in online games especially youngsters. Any violation of this ordinance would attract both fine and imprisonment. He further stated, 'the state has thus decided to ban online gaming to avoid such incidents of suicide and protect the innocent people from the evils of online gaming.'. In the ordinance banning the game, the Governor said that due to online gaming, innocent people, mainly youngsters, are being cheated, and some people have committed suicide. Tamil Nadu government on Friday banned online gaming in the state with a fine up to Rs 5,000 and imprisonment of up to six months. Governor Banwarilal Purohit promulgated an ordinance that banned online gaming in the state.
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