SC says playing cards without gambling no moral turpitude

PLAYING cards for entertainment and recreation without an element of betting and gambling does not involve moral turpitude, the Supreme Court has recently said as it restored the election of a man in a cooperative society in Karnataka.

- SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY @ New Delhi

A two-judge bench, led by Justice Surya Kant and also comprising Justice N Kotiswar Singh, in its verdict, noted that one Hanumantharayappa YC, who was elected to the board of directors of Government Porcelain Factory Employees Housing Co-operative Society Ltd, was allegedly fined ₹200 without any trial when some persons, including him, were caught playing cards