Gujarat HC once again adjourns poker matter without hearing

The Gujarat High Court once again adjourned the ma🦂tters pertaining to the legality of poker by at least one more month, without conducting any substantial hearing.

A division bench of the High Court, comprising Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi were supposed to h🌳ear appeals filed by Indian Poker Association (IPA) Secretary KN Suresh, Hotel Ramada Ah🌟medabad and Aman Chabbra on 25th June, while the appeal filed by was listed for hearing .

The appeals filed by Suresh, Hotel Ramada and Chabbra are now listed for hearing on 26th July, while Dominance Games’ appeaౠl is supposed to come up for hearing on 30th August, as per the Gujarat High Court’s website.

In an order dated , a single judge of the Gujarat High Court, Justice Rajesh Shukla, dismissed the petitions filed by Surꦺesh, Dominance Games and others. Justice S🌃hukla in his order ruled that poker is a game of chance and amounts to gambling.

Suresh had immediately filed a Letters Patent Appeal (LPA) before the division bench of the High Court in De☂cember itself, while some other parties filed a similar appeal in Jaꦚnuary, 2018. There has not been substantial progress in the hearings in the last six months.

I✨𝓰t is unclear as to when the matters will come up for substantial hearing. However, it seems that a conclusive ruling in the matter is at least a few more months away.