1996 (4) TMI 501

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..... .S., JJ. O R D E R Leave granted in SLP (C) No.5560/84. The admitted facts are that the appellant had installed the video game consisting of a machine with a display screen which is activated only by inserting a coin in the slot made in the machine. Immediately thereon, the screen is lit up and the game commences. The question is : whether it is an entertainment within the meaning of .....

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..... y raised in this case is squarely covered by the decision of this Court in Geeta Enterprises Ors. vs. State of U.P. Ors. [(1983) 3 SCR 812]. This Court has considered the above provisions and had held that charge of inserting the coin was realised only from those who wanted to operate the video game at the rate of 50 paise. For a slot lasting upto 30 seconds and it amounts to entertainment wit .....

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