{"id":777012069,"date":"2023-12-21T09:50:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T12:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777012069"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:29:07","slug":"delhi-high-court-rejects-petition-to-ban-online-gambling-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delhi-high-court-rejects-petition-to-ban-online-gambling-websites","title":{"rendered":"Delhi High Court rejects petition to ban online gambling websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It has directed the IT Ministry to address the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- The <strong>Delhi High Court<\/strong> has dismissed a petition requesting that it ban online gambling websites in the capital. According to Medianama, the petitioner said such websites coerce users into spending money.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government\u2019s counsel drew the court\u2019s attention to 2009\u2019s Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and Decryption of Information) Rules, including Rule 3, prohibiting the monitoring, interception, or decryption of online information without an order issued by a competent authority.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under rule 10, interception, monitoring, or decryption orders should specify the name and designation of the authorised agency\u2019s officer to whom the information will be disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-43-arrested-in-delhi-for-alleged-illegal-gambling\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-43-arrested-in-delhi-for-alleged-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India: 43 arrested in Delhi for alleged illegal gambling<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court found that the petitioner hadn\u2019t filed any legal representation with the Indian government, nor approached the nodal or designated officer established under the 2009 rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HC directed the designated officer, appointed by the<strong> IT Ministry<\/strong>, to treat the petition as a representation and settle it according to the law. The court stated: \u201cThis Court clarifies that it has not commented on the merits of the controversy. The rights and contentions of all the parties are left open.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has directed the IT Ministry to address the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":17593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition seeking a ban on online gambling websites, directing the IT Ministry to address the matter as a formal representation. The court clarified it has not ruled on the merits of the controversy, leaving all parties' rights and contentions open. This decision shifts the immediate regulatory burden to the IT Ministry, signaling ongoing scrutiny of online gambling in India.","focusai_entities":"Delhi High Court, IT Ministry, Indian government, Medianama","focusai_location":"India, Delhi","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.75), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IT Ministry's Mandate","query":"What specific regulatory or policy frameworks is the IT Ministry empowered to develop or enforce following the Delhi High Court's directive regarding online gambling?"},{"label":"Future Regulatory Impact","query":"How might the IT Ministry's eventual determination influence the potential for a unified national regulatory framework for iGaming, impacting both B2B and B2C licensing in India?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777012069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777012069"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777012079,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012069\/revisions\/777012079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777012069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777012069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777012069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}