Asia

Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Ban on Entry of Goans in Casinos

Published

3 years ago

October 19, 2021

Niji Narayan

Reading Time: < 1 minute

A division bench of Bombay High Court at Goa has dismissed a petition that challenged a ban on locals playing in the Goan casinos.

The petition was brought by 25-year-old student Shur Usgaonkar, who claimed that the ban on non-tourists violates a law that prohibits any state from making a law that infringe on human rights, according to local media reports. However, the court backed the government ban.

“Gambling is totally prohibited, but by way of some exceptions a certain class of places and people are exempted from such prohibition. The object of the state is naturally to prevent the person domiciled in Goa to be lured into such chance games and to suffer poverty and mental trauma for their families,” the ruling states.

“The classification is founded with the object of preventing the spread of gambling and transforming the exception into a rule.”

Related Topics:Bombay High Court at Goa Goan casinos Shur Usgaonkar

Up Next

Okada Manila to Go Public by Merging with SPAC

Don't Miss

EGT Interactive Partners with Goldbet

Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.