if im too good at a particular video game i might get banned

The court also drew in international sportspersons to make the distinction in skills of playing sports and games physically on the field, board games such as cards and scrabble and playing in cyberspace. The court said the legislation “has to be regarded as something done by the legislature capriciously, irrationally and without adequate determining principle such that it is excessive and disproportionate…”

The verdict came on a batch of petitions by online gaming companies challenging the blanket ban. The bench comprising chief justice Sanjib Banerjee and justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said the state completely failed to meet the “least intrusive” measure test by imposing a wide-ranging blanket ban, and therefore, the amendment falls foul of Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution which gives people the right to practise any profession. CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Tuesday struck down an amendment to the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act that banned online games including online rummy and online poker with stakes, ruling that the amendment first inserted in the law by the previous AIADMK government via an ordinance in November 2020, was “ultra vires” to the constitution.

If im too good at a particular video game i might get banned