New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will hear on November 4 a batch of petitions transferred to it from various High Courts, challenging the constitutional validity of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025.

The Act, which was cleared by Parliament earlier this year, prohibits all forms of “online money games” and restricts banking, advertising, and other related services, while promoting and regulating social, educational, and esports-based gaming.

The matter was mentioned for urgent hearing before a Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan by senior advocates C. Aryaman Sundaram and Arvind P. Datar, appearing for petitioners whose cases were earlier pending before different High Courts.

Sundaram submitted that the issue had already been

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