Madras HC denies immediate relief to online gaming companies

The Madras High Court on Monday refused to grant any kind of interim relief to online gaming companies pending adjudication of a batch of cases filed by them as well as the All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) challenging the constitutional validity of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022.

AIGF’s challenge of the TN Gaming Act was listed (alongside the challenges filed by Gameskraft, Junglee Games, Head Digital Works and Play Games 24×7) before the bench of the Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice P D Audikesavalu of the Madras High Court.