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imran Alias Abdul Quddus Khan Vs. State of U.P. and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : 2000CriLJ1328

..... act, 1910 or the public gambling act, 1867 or section 25, section 27 or section 29 of the arms act, 1959; or(iv) is generally reputed to be a person who is desperate and dangerous to the community; or(v) has been habitually passing indecent remarks or teasing women or girls; or(vi) is a tout;explanation : 'tout' means a person who-(a) accepts or obtains, or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain from any person for himself or for any other person, any gratification whatever as a motive or reward for inducing, by corrupt or illegal means any public ..... excise act, public gambling act or under certain sections of the arms act, is generally reputed to be a person who is desperate and dangerous to the community ..... or disfavour to any person or to render or attempt to render any service or disservice to any person, with the central or state government, parliament or state legislature, any local authority, corporation, government company or public servant; or(b) procures, in consideration of any remuneration moving from any legal practitioner interested in any legal business or proposes to any legal practitioner or to any person interested in legal business to procure, in consideration of any ..... abets in taking unauthorized possession or having lawfully entered unlawfully remains in possession, of a building including land, garden, garages or out-houses appurtenant to a building.the preamble to the act gives a clue to the intention which impelled the law makers to enact the legislation. .....

Suraj Prakash and ors. Vs. State

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : AIR1964All95; 1964CriLJ319

..... ' the statement of objects and reasons of the bill which became the public gambling act of 1867 is stated in the following words in the gazette of india dated 28th july, 1956, at p. ..... we find no difficulty in holding that the long title and the preamble of the act lay down a clear guiding policy, the same being that wherever it is considered necessary to punish public gambling and the keeping of common gaming houses the remaining provisions of the act should be extended, we have already said above that the legislature could not have had a better knowledge than the state governments concerned as to which are the worst areas in the various state ..... 'the long title and the preamble of the act clearly show that the act was passed with a view to punish public gambling and the keeping of common gaming-houses. ..... the long title and the preamble of the actread as follows:long title-'an act to provide for the punishment of public gambling and the keeping of common gaming-house in the uttar pradesh, punjab, delhi and the madhya pradesh. ..... distinguished the decision in anwar ali sarkar's case, air 1952 sc 75 in the following words:'the object of passing this new ordinance is identically the same for which the earlier ordinance was passed, and the preamble to the latter, taken along with the surrounding circumstances, discloses a definite legislative policy which has been sought to be effectuated by the different provisions contained in the 'enactment'. .....

Jalim Chand Saraogi Vs. Dist. Magistrate and ors.

Court : Guwahati

..... the petitioner was arrested on 11th april, 1972 by the gauhati police and detained at gauhati jail for allegedly committing an offence under the public gambling act. ..... it is clear that action has been taken by the district magistrate for the petitioner's alleged activities in connection with public gambling by organising. ..... the petitioner will be prosecuted no doubt for his having acted against the provisions of the gambling act and the assam betting and games act. ..... conclusion that the continuance of the game was not a matter only of law and order but has reached a stage when it has ceased to be a matter of mere law and order but has become a matter affecting public order.x x xas the petitioner is found responsible for organising teer game, his activities are considered by the authorities detrimental and prejudicial to the maintenance ..... in paragraph 13 of the counter-affidavit:it is further submitted that with regard to the specific instances the petitioner was prosecuted and also will be prosecuted under the gambling act and the assam game and betting act. ..... 1950 and has been passed, as the preamble shows, 'to provide for detention in certain cases for the purpose of maintenance of internal security and matters connected therewith'. ..... 1867 and the assam game and betting act. .....

Ummaida Ram anr. Vs. the State of Rajasthan

Court : Rajasthan

Reported in : 1984WLN27

..... than twice under the rajasthan public gambling ordinance, 1949 (rajasthan ordinance ..... alarm, danger or harm to persons or property; or(ii) that there are reasonable grounds for believing that he is engaged or about to engage, in the district or any part thereof, in the commission or abetment of any offence or act specified in sub-clause (1) to (viii) of clause (b) of section 2; and(c) that witnesses are not willing to come forward to give evidence against him by reason of apprehension on their part as regards the safety of their ..... my court room and if he so desires, to tender an explanation in writing regarding the said material allegations showing cause why order under sub-section (3) of section 3 of the rajasthan control of goondas act, 1975 may not be made against him also intimating me whether he desires to examine himself or any other witness (if so their names and address in support of his explanation).the said shri ummaidaram is ..... 48 of 1949); or(vi) has been found habitual passing indecent remarks to or teasing women or girls; or(vii) has been found habitual in intimidation of law abiding people by acts of violance or by show of force; or(viii) is habituated to commit affray or breach of peace, riot, or who is habituated to make forcible collection of subscription or threatening people for illegal pecuainry gain for himself ..... preamble shows, it was enacted to make special provisions for the control and suppression of goondas with the view to the maintenance of the public .....

Shamadhan Trading (P) Ltd. Vs. State of Karnataka, Department of Parli ...

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : 2008(2)KarLJ509; ILR2007(4)Kar5014; 2007(4)KCCR2628

..... xxxxxsection 8 - registration of promoters and sellers: (1) every promoter, and every person selling lottery tickets received from a promoter directly or otherwise, shall get himself registered under this act in such manner on payment of such fee and within such period as may be prescribed.provided that a person ordinarily selling lottery tickets (other than lottery tickets of any computerized network ..... by such government or country where such government or country is not directly selling lottery tickets in the state;section 2(6): 'tax' means the tax levied and collected on lotteries under this act;xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxsection 6: levy of tax:- (1) their, shall be levied and collected a tax on lotteries at the following rates, namely:(a) one lakh and fifty thousand rupees ..... preamble of the impugned enactment clarifies that the act is to provide for the levy and collection of tax on lotteries (gambling ..... the similar situation in the matter relating to bombay lotteries and prize competitions control and tax act, 1948 which provided for control on lotteries and to levy tax on lotteries and prize competitions is the state of bombay and also on prize competitions contained in newspapers and other publication printed and published outside bombay, the hon'ble supreme court in the case of state of ..... sums specified in the declaration made under section 15 by the promoter or a lump sum having regard to the circulation and distribution of the newspaper or publication in the state. .....

Sesha Aiyar Vs. Krishna Aiyar and ors.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1936)70MLJ36

..... for remedy whereof, be it enacted, that all such games or lotteries called little goes, shall from and after the passing of this act be deemed and are hereby declared common and public nuisances and against law.from and after the 1st day of july, 1802, no person or persons whatsoever shall publicly or privately keep any office or place to exercise, keep open, show, or expose to be played, drawn, or thrown at or in, either by dice, lots, cards, ..... the law will not permit him to keep them for himself on the plea of illegality in the transaction, in which they were received:in such cases public policy requires that the rule of tyrpis causa shall be executed in favour of the more important and imperative rule that agents and trustees must faithfully perform ..... 525 footnote (f):in spite of the fact that the courts have adopted as a definition the description of a lottery given above, in which the gambling element is not mentioned, (a lottery has been described as a scheme for distributing prize by lot or chance), there is no reported case in which the element ..... having arrived at the position that the scheme in question is a lottery, that there has been publication and that neither the fixing of the number of subscribers nor the absence of any standing invitation to the public will in any way take the scheme out of the mischief of section 294-a, first part, it remains to be considered whether there was a keeping of an office or place for the purpose ..... preamble ..... from the preamble of 42 geo .....

Sesha Ayyar Vs. Krishna Ayyar

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1936Mad225; 162Ind.Cas.68

..... 525, foot-note (f):in spite of the fact that the courts have adopted as a definition the description of a lottery given above, in which the gambling element is not mentioned, (a lottery has been described as a scheme for distributing prize by lot or chance), there is no reported case in which the ..... lotteries not authorised by government, shall, from and after 31st day of march 1844, be deemed, and are hereby declared common and public nuisances and against law; (2) and it is hereby enacted, that from and after the day aforesaid, no person shall, in the said territories, publicly or privately, keep any office or place for the purpose of drawing any lottery not authorised by government, or shall have any ..... the law will not permit him to keep them for himself on the plea of illegality in the transaction in which they were received.in such cases public policy requires that the rule of turpis causa shall be executed in favour of the more important and imperative rule that agents and trustees must faithfully perform the ..... , rightly observes:if it is considered that chit fund transactions require to be regulated in the interests of the public to avoid the perpetration of fraud on poor and innocent persons, legislation on the lines of the provident fund act is the proper course and not to declare them illegal by the straining of the law relating to wagering ..... the subscribers to a lottery declared illegal under the lottery acts of england; vide preamble to 42, geo. ..... from the preamble of 42 .....

B.R. Enterprises Vs. State of U.P. and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : (2000)1GLR242; (1999)9SCC700; [2000]120STC302(SC)

..... this referred to the english lotteries act, 1823 and its preamble, the underline public policy which declared the lotteries to be common public nuisances, because they promoted gambling and speculation to draw great sums from servants, children and unwary persons to the great impoverishment and utter ruin of many families. ..... ' is defined as :in words and phrases (permanent edition) volume 25a at 439 :a 'lottery' is a species of gambling.at page 444 :the lottery statutes were enacted to suppress the widespread evil of gambling in lotteries and to allay and curb the gambling spirit of the public and thus prevent waste of money needed for more substantial purposes, the term 'lottery' as popularly and generally used referring to a gambling scheme in which chances are sold or disposed of for value and the sums thus ..... it holds after referring the rmdc case : [1957]1scr874 :the moral prohibitions in hindu law texts against gambling were not only not legally enforced but were allowed to fall into desuetude and it was not possible to hold that there was any definite head or principle of public policy evolved by courts or laid down by precedents directly applicable to wagering contracts.65. ..... english lotteries were attacked for 'weakening the habits of industry' diminishing 'permanent sources of the public revenue', encouraging other forms of gambling, and being 'injurious, in the highest degree,to the morals of the people.... .....

M/S. B.R. Enterprises Vs. State of U.P. and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1999SC1867; JT1999(3)SC431; 1999(3)SCALE171; [1999]2SCR1111

..... this referred to the english lotteries act, 1823 and its preamble, the underline public policy which declared the lotteries to be common public nuisances, because they promoted gambling and speculation to draw great sums from servants, children and unwary persons to the great impoverishment and utter ruin of many families. ..... at page 444 : the lottery statutes were enacted to suppress the widespread evil of gambling in lotteries and to allay and rub the gambling spirit of the public and thus prevent waste of money needed for more substantial purposes, the term 'lottery' as popularly and generally used referring to a gambling scheme in which chances are sold or' disposed of for value and the sums thus paid are hazarded in the hope of winning a much larger sum, a scheme for the ..... it holds after referring the rmdc case :the moral prohibitions in hindu law texts against gambling were not legally enforced but were allowed to fall into desuetude and it was not possible to hold that there was any definite head or principle of public policy evolved by courts or laid down by precedents directly applicable to wagering contracts.64. ..... english lotteries were attacked for 'weakening the habits of industry,' diminishing 'permanent sources of the public revenue,' encouraging other forms of gambling, and being 'injurious in the highest degree, to the morals of the people.... .....

R.M.D. Chamarbaugwalla Vs. the Union of India (Uoi)

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1957SC628; (1957)59BOMLR973; (1957)35MysLJ(SC)180; [1957]1SCR930

..... the constitution as they were unreasonable and amounted, in effect, to a prohibition and not merely a regulation of the business; that even if the provisions could be regarded as reasonable restrictions as regards competitions which are in the nature of gambling, they could not be supported as regards competitions wherein success depended to a substantial extent on skill, and that as the impugned law constituted a single inseverable enactment, it must fail in its entirety in respect of both classes of competitions. ..... the use of the word 'control' which is to be found not only in the resolution but also in the short title and the preamble to the act appears to us to clearly indicted that it was only competitions of the character dealt with in the bombay judgment, that were within the contemplation of ..... madras maintenance of public order act xxiii of 1949. ..... they had done no harm to the public and had presented no problems to the states, and at no time had there been any legislation directed ..... the provincial government to prohibit the entry and circulation within the state of a newspaper 'for the purpose of securing the public safety or the maintenance of public order'. ..... the question whether the restrictions enacted in sections 4 and 5 and rules 11 and 12 are reasonable and in the interest of the public within art. ..... question would have to be determined with reference to those competitions whether sections 4 and 5 and rules 11 and 12 are reasonable restrictions enacted in public interest. .....