The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Union Government to respond to a petition to prohibit online gambling and betting platforms operating under the guise of social and e-sports games.

A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan agreed to hear the petition on Tuesday even as the counsel for Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC) and Shourya Tiwari, advocate Virag Gupta, submitted that details of about 2,000 betting and gambling apps had been earlier shared with the Centre.

Gupta said the petition was focussed on protecting children from being exposed to such apps.

The plea has sought a direction to Ministries of Electronics and Information Technology, Information and Broadcasting, Finance, and Youth Affairs and Sports “to do a harmonious interpretation of prov

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