The Supreme Court is likely to hear petitions challenging the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, on October 7.

The case has been listed before a bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan.

On September 8, the Centre had moved a plea seeking transfer of three cases pending before the Delhi , Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh High Courts. The Union government had asked for this consolidation, saying that the issues raised in the different petitions were virtually identical and could be resolved at one place. Its reasoning was that conflicting rulings from different benches would create confusion, while a single authoritative judgment could settle the law once and for all.

The law imposes a blanket ban on offering, operation, facilitation, advertisement, prom

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