PIL Seeking Ban On Online Betting Dismissed As Statutory Remedy Exists Under Haryana Gambling Law: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has disposed of a batch of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) seeking a ban on online betting and opinion trading platforms, holding that statutory mechanisms already exist to address the grievances raised. The bench comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel ruled that invoking the Court's extraordinary writ jurisdiction under Article 226 was inappropriate when adequate legal frameworks like the Haryana Prevention of…