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India’s Supreme Court takes over challenges to online gaming law

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India’s Supreme Court granted the central government’s request to hear all petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025. The law bans real-money games and online games involving monetary transactions; the court will hear the challenges after high courts in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Delhi denied interim relief or were barred from hearing the petitions.

The Supreme Court will decide the constitutional challenges to a law that bars real-money online games.

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