Bombay High Court: A Rs 450-crore project of casino gaming in Daman has come undone, with the Bombay High Court ruling that a private firm had no legal right to operate slot machines at its five-star hotel because the enabling law was never brought into force in the Union Territory .

A bench of Justices Sarang V Kotwal and Sandesh D Patil was hearing a writ petition filed by a private company Delta Corp Limited , challenging the refusal of the Union Territory administration of Daman and Diu to grant a licence for installing electronic amusement/slot machines at its five-star property, “The Deltin”.

“It was not in the best interest of the people in that locality to have the slot machines / electronic amusements used in a five-star hotel in the UT of Daman and Diu .…