Another PIL in Gujarat High Court against Pokemon Go

Ahmedabad: Days after issuance of notices to the central and state government and the developer of the famous mobile phone Pokemon Go, yet another PIL demanding ban on its proposed India launch was filed in the Gujarat High court today.

The PIL filed before the division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi, seeks ban on launch of the game in India claiming that it was not safe and puts the life of the player in danger.

It is likely to come up for hearing on October 12 when the other two similar PIL’s clubbed together by the same court is likely to be heard.

Earlier this month the same court had on two PIL’s issued notices to the US-based developer of Pokemon Go San Francisco based Niantic Inc and the state and the union government.

One of the PIL’s demanding ban on its launch in India has claimed that the game hurts the religious sentiments by showing images of eggs in places of worship of different religious groups while the other claimed that it was dangerous for public safety. It has requested the court to issue directions to the central government to either clamp a blanket ban on downloading the game or allow it to be played only in public parks.It has cited cases of accidents owing to the game in Mumbai and Vadodara.