India’s gaming laws are out of sync with its Constitution, giving states the power to legislate on ‘betting and gambling’ and thereby exposing the nation’s legal sector to controversy.
Up to a certain extent, ‘skill-based gaming’ is excluded from the applicability of gambling bans across most of the states in India. However, whereas states like Goa allow licensed on-ground operations of gaming activities, states like Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Sikkim have a regulatory regime for the online gaming environment.
Please refer to the below document to read the full article by Sidharrth Shankar, published in Indian Express.
Sidharrth is the Co-Chair of the Corporate Practice at JSA. He specializes in General Corporate Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity.