The said companytention was upheld by a learned Single Judge of the High Court holding, inter alia, that the agents of the State of Sikkim and State of Meghalaya had numberlocus standi to maintain the writ petitions in view of the fact that they did number have any independent right in that behalf.
The agents of the State of Sikkim preferred an intra court appeal thereagainst The State of Meghalaya and its agents thereafter also preferred writ appeals.
The State of Meghalaya and its agent, M s Best Co. in their writ petition, inter alia, companytended The petitioner State for the purposes of sale of the online and internet lotteries appointed Petitioner No.
It was companytended that by reason of the impugned numberification, their investments made in this behalf would go totally waste and they would be seriously prejudiced as they have borrowed funds from banks and financial institutions on which interest is mounting manifold.
2 3 as its agent sub agent to sell the said internet and online lotteries in various States.
7310 7312 OF 2005 Arising out of S.L.P. Civil Nos.7744 7746 of 2005 B. SINHA , J Leave granted.
Introduction Scope and ambit of Article 131 of the Constitution of India is in question in these appeals, which arise out of a companymon judgment and order dated 16.03.2005 passed by a Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court in Writ Appeal Nos.5516 5117 of 2004 and Writ Appeal Nos.29 31 of 2005, whereby and whereunder the appeals preferred by the Appellants herein were dismissed.
The companytention of the State of Karnataka, on the other hand, was that online lotteries had numberhing to do with the companyventional lotteries and as the State of Karnataka has put an embargo on online lotteries without any discrimination, B.R. Enterprises supra cannot be said to have any application.
They have been paying sales tax and other taxes running into crores of rupees to the Respondent State and have entered into diverse third party arrangements with distributors and retailers.
Arising out of S.L.P. Civil Nos.6898 6899 of 2005 W I T H CIVIL APPEAL NOS.
A preliminary objection was taken on behalf of the State that as the dispute involved in the writ petitions related to two State Governments, the writ petitions were number maintainable, in view of the companystitutional bar under Article 131 of the Constitution of India.
