Gujarat HC adjourns poker appeal to 20th June

A division bench of the Gujarat High Court comprisinꦡg of Acting Chief Justice Anant S. Dav💜e and Justice Biren Vaishnav adjourned the letters patent appeal filed by three appellants- Dominance Games Private Limited, Hotel Ramada Ahmedabad and Aman Chabbra to 20th June, 2019.

The hearing, which will determine the legality of 🎉poker played in clubs and whether it is a ga🥃me of skill, was supposed to be , but the matter was adjourned until after the summer vacation of the High Court.

Meanwhile, an application filed by Indian Poker Assoc🐭iation (IPA) Secretary KN Suresh to restore his letters patent appeal, which w🎃as dismissed for non-appearance on 14th February, has also not yet been heard by the court and may come up for hearing in June.

The letters patent appeals have been preferred against of a single judge bench of the Gujarat High Court, that ruled poker to be a game of chance and falling within the ambit of gambling. The petitions have been pending for the last year and a half without much progress or substantial hearing, with frequent changes ꧟in the composition of the bench hearing the matter. It remains to b💝e seen whether the hearings will gather momentum after June 2019 or if the matter will remain in cold storage for a longer period.