SC seeks govt’s detailed response as gaming firms contest blanket ban

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government to file a “comprehensive” reply to various petitions filed by online gaming companies challenging the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 that imposed a blanket ban on online money gaming in India.

While asking a bench held by Justice J B Pardiwala to hear the case as early as possible, senior counsel C. Aryama Sundaram, appearing for Head Digital Works, said that the online gaming sector had been “shut for over a month” even though the law has not yet been notified. “Our businesses…