DINESH MAHESHWARI, SANJAY KUMAR
State of Meghalaya – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. By way of these proceedings, registered as Original Suit No. 1 of 2021, the State of Meghalaya seeks to invoke the original jurisdiction of this Court under Article 131 of the Constitution of India for a declaration that Sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998 [‘the Act of 1998’], and Rule 5 of the Lotteries (Regulation) Rules, 2010 [‘the Rules of 2010’], are ultra vires and unconstitutional, and for other reliefs.
1.1. The reliefs claimed in the plaint read as under: -
a) Declare and hold Section 5 of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998 (Act No. 17 of 1998) and the Rules framed thereunder as being ultra-vires to the Constitution of India and unconstitutional; and
b) Declare and hold Section 6 of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998 as being ultra-vires to the Constitution of India and unconstitutional as being violative of Article 14, to the extent it empowers the Central Government to pass orders prohibiting a lottery organized in contravention of provisions of Sections 5 of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998; and
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