No coercive action against Dream 11 promoters: HC to Karnataka police

A bench of Karnataka High Court on Thursday asked the state police not to take any coercive action against the promoters of online gaming company Dream 11 in Bengaluru.

The two promoters of the gaming app moved the court seeking to quash an FIR registered against them under Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, which has imposed a ban on online gambling in the state through amendments to Karnataka Police Act, 1963.

Meanwhile, with online gaming firms filing a series of petitions in the HC against the recent ban on online gambling in the state, the state government on Thursday told a separate bench of the HC that it will not take any “precipitating action” under the new law against the companies until the cases are decided.