Firms Prep Challenge to Gaming Ban at Karnataka HC This Week

At least five parties are planning to file an appeal against the law that banned the multi-billion-dollar industry last week, seeking recourse by citing Article 19 of the Constitution at the Karnataka High Court, three people aware of the matter said.

- Shouvik Das

The online money gaming industry, which generated nearly $3 billion in revenue until the last fiscal, is hoping for a partial strike-down of the law that has already received the President's assent—and only waits for a formal Gazette notification to be brought into effect.

Key grounds in its arguments include the constitutionality of the law, as well as parity with real-world equivalent offerings.