Playing cards for entertainment and recreation without gambling is not moral turpitude: SC

Online gambling destroying moral fabric, judiciary must intervene: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

Srinagar, May 26, 2025 Senior religious leader and chief cleric of Kashmir, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, said on Monday that online gambling is fast destroying the moral fabric of society and urged the judiciary to intervene and ban this menace. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq wrote on X, “A new menace has overtaken us and we are witnessing its growing grip on society, online gambling. As destructive as substance abuse which we are already battling, it’s luring tho…

Playing cards for entertainment and recreation without gambling is not moral turpitude: SC

NEW DELHI, May 25:  Playing cards for entertainment and recreation without an element of betting and gambling does not involve moral turpitude, the Supreme Court has said as it restored the election of a man in a cooperative society in Karnataka.   A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh noted that one Hanumantharayappa YC, who was elected to the board of directors of Government Porcelain Factory Employees Housing Co-operative Societ…