The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday (23 March) once again passed the bill banning online rummy which was returned by Governor RN Ravi earlier this month.
It is believed that Governor Ravi had returned the bill because he felt that the state assembly did not have the power to legislate on the subject and also because rummy has been declared as a ‘game of skill’ and not a ‘game of chance’ by the Supreme Court.
According to legal experts, while ‘betting’ and ‘gambling’ are subjects in the State List and states have the legislative authority to make laws on these subjects, online rummy cannot be banned by considering it as ‘gambling’ as it has been declared as a game of skill.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president K Annamalai had earlier said at a press meet that the issue falls under the domain of ‘cyberspace’, which has usually been legislated upon by the Union…
