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ALL KERALA ONLINE LOTTERY DEALERS ASSOCIATION vs. STATE OF KERALA & ORS.

SCR Citation: [2015] 10 S.C.R. 880
Year/Volume: 2015/ Volume 10
Date of Judgment: 05 November 2015
Petitioner: ALL KERALA ONLINE LOTTERY DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Disposal Nature: Others
Neutral Citation: 2015 INSC 831
Judgment Delivered by: Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.K. Agrawal
Respondent: STATE OF KERALA & ORS.
Case Type: CIVIL APPEAL /3518/2007
Order/Judgment: Judgment
1. Headnote

Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998: s.5 - Ban on onlinelottery-Notification dated 27.01.2005 permitting the sale ofpaper lotteries organized, conducted or promoted by everyState Government including the State of Kerala whilemaintaining the prohibition imposed on the sale ofcomputerized and on-line lottery tickets organized,conducted or promoted by every State Government anddeclaring the territory of the State of Kerala to be online,internet and computerized lotteries free zone- Whether theState Government can discriminate between the paper lotteryand on line lottery- Held: State Government is competent toprohibit a particular type of lottery- That means a particularlottery can be the subject matter of prohibition - In other words,all types of lotteries need not be prohibited - r.3 of Rules,2()_10 makes clear that online lottery is treated as separatelottery from paper lottery and it is a class in itself - Thus,State Government can separately ban the sale of onlinelotteries as online lottery is a particular class of lottery,different and distinct from paper lotteries- State Governmentis, therefore, empowered uls. 5 to prohibit the sale of on linelotteries or internet lotteries in its State - Constitution of India,1950 -Articles 246 - Lotteries (Regulation) Rules, 2010 -rr.2(e), 3.

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4. Keyword
  • Lotteries (Regulation) Act
  • 1998: s.5 - Ban on online lottery-Notification dated 27.01.2005 permitting the sale of paper lotteries organized
  • conducted or promoted by every State Government including the State of Kera/a while maintaining the prohibition imposed on the sale of computerized and on-line lottery tickets organized
  • conducted or promoted by every State Government and declaring the territory of the State of Kera/a to be online
  • internet and computerized lotteries free zone- Whether the S
5. Equivalent citation
    Citation(s) 2016 (2) SCC 161 = 2016 (2) Suppl. SCC 161 = 2015 (11) JT 190 = 2015 (11) Suppl. JT 190 = 2015 (12) SCALE 419