Owners’ spat puts India’s Spartan Poker in legal jeopardy

Indian gambling website Spartan Poker has found itself smack dab in the middle of a legal spat between rival factions Pokerguru and the Indian Poker Championship (IPC).

GLaws.in’s Jay Sayta reported that the Pokerguru faction, led by Rajat Agarwal, is planning to file a lawsuit in Kolkata against the promoters of the IPC. The lawsuit stemmed from a public notice posted on SpartanPoker.com last December 4, which announced that Pokerguru has no control over the operations of the online gambling site and that legal action will be filed against Rajeev Kanjani, Rohit Bhalla, Peter Abraham, Sameer Rattonsey, Amin Rozani and Quadrific Media Pvt. Ltd.

The IPC group, which claimed to be “the real owners of the Spartan Poker brand,” moved the domain name to TheSpartanPoker.com several hours after the public notice was posted, according to the report.

Now, this is where things get a little muddy.