India, Aug. 30 -- The Union government on Saturday told the Karnataka high court that courts cannot stand in the way of the new Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, coming into force, stressing that once a law has secured Presidential assent, its notification is a "constitutional function" beyond judicial restraint.

Defending the legislation, Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta told the Karnataka high court that the Act's passage through Parliament and assent by the President left no scope for its implementation to be halted merely because "one particular individual" was aggrieved."

When the court asked whether notification of the new Act was imminent, Mehta said it could happen soon.

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