PIL filed in Supreme Court to legalise sports betting
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking its directions𒁃 to the central government to legalise and regulate sports betting in the country as per a .
A division bench of Justices Dipak Mishra and AM Khanwilkar has reportedly agreed to hear the matter along with the pending matters on cricket 🔜reforms, although full details about the petiti𓆉on and what transpired in court are currently unclear.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking its directions to the central government to legalise and regulateไ sports betting in the country.
A division bench of Justices Dipak Mishra and AM Khanwilkar has reportedly agreed to hear the ma🍎tter along with the pending matters on cricket reforms, although full details about the petition and what transpired in court are currently unclear.
As per news reports, the petitioner has stated that legalising betting would be beneficial to the country and the government would🌜 be🐼 able to generate revenue of around Rs 12,000 crore a year by bringing earnings from gambling and betting under the tax net. He has further stated that allowing betting would also enable the government to curb corrupt activities like match-fixing in sports.
“The calls for regulating betting have been made because unregulated betting is an immense loss to the country and also because regulation of this activity would ⛄enable the government to distinguish between harmless betting and corrupt activities like match-fixing. The total betting market (in India) is Rs 3 lakh crore,” the petitioner is said to have st🦂ated in his PIL.
Senior Advocate RS Suri along w💮ith Advocate Reepak Ka𓆉nsal appeared for the petitioner in the matter.
The Law Co𝓡mmission of India is💜 presently examining the issue of legalising sports betting and various committees including the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha committee on cricket reforms hav🐻e recommended legalising the activity.
A ཧcopy of the order and further details are not immediately available in the p🌟ublic domain. Watch this space for further updates.
