In September, the apex court docket had transferred to itself all of the petitions pending at three excessive courts of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi in opposition to The Promotion and Regulation of On-line Gaming Act, 2025 that imposed a blanket ban on on-line cash gaming.
The Ministry of Electronics and Data Expertise had sought switch of the pending instances from the three excessive courts, arguing that the HCs may arrive at inconsistent findings on the identical central laws, creating authorized uncertainty. A consolidated listening to earlier than the highest court docket would guarantee uniformity of judicial pronouncements and keep away from conflicting selections, it said.
A Supreme Court docket bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan had then restrained HCs from entertain any petitions difficult the validity of the net gaming Act.
Head Digital Works, the dad or mum firm of on-line gaming platform A23, had moved the Karnataka HC in opposition to the Act. The opposite petitioners are Bagheera Carrom (OPC) within the Delhi HC and Clubboom 11 Sports activities & Leisure within the Madhya Pradesh HC.
