SC says growth of online betting apps issue of public importance, seeks states’ responses

The Supreme Court on Friday said the growth of online betting and loan applications is an issue of paramount public importance and sought responses of all states on regulating them.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said it will hear the PIL filed by K A Paul, a Hyderabad-based businessman, which claimed that many children have died by suicide after using online betting and gambling applications, and sought interim direction to restrain celebrities from endorsing them and the media from giving them publicity.