Supreme Court of India

Dr. K.R. Lakshmanan Etc. Etc. v. State of Tamil Nadu and Anr.

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Bench Kuldip Singh, B.L. Hansaria and S.B. Majmudar JJ.

Decided 12 January 1996

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the horse-racing is a game where the winning depends substantially and preponderantly on skill.

Judgment, page 33

Authorities it was built on

1988 Hindustan Thompson Associates Ltd. v. Mrs. Maya Inderson Israni & Ors. cited by 23

Where later benches applied it

2019 Union of India & Anr. v. Tarsem Singh & Ors. relied on
2018 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2017 Shayara Bano v. Union of India and Others relied on
2026 Anurag Krishna Sinha v. State of Bihar referred to
2018 Joseph Shine v. Union of India referred to
2017 Independent Thought v. Union of India & Anr. referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 3 referred to

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