As long as it is rummy try your hand in Gujarat

Aman Gymkhana Pvt Limited, Gujarat got relief after the Gujarat High Court declared Rummy Card Game as a game of skill and not gambling. The club owners were not happy with the regular raids and harassment by police over the issue of gambling because of which they approached the High Court.

A single judge bench of Justice Akil Kureshi considered a judgment of Apex court in case of The state of Andhra Pradesh v. K. Satyanarayana and others, reported in AIR 1968 SC 825 to give relief to the petitioner. In the said judgment, the apex court held that rummy involves element of skill and is not a game of chance and involves no element of gambling.

The court disposed of the matter with a direction to authorities that they shall not interfere with the members of petitioner’s club or any other visitors as long as it involves no element of gambling.



The court however clarified that this order should not be understood to be limiting the powers of police authorities to verify whether in name of rummy, gambling is going on in certain premises.

Source: http://www.lawetalnews.com/