The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will hear on November 4 a batch of petitions challenging the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 , a central law that prohibits “online money games” and bars related banking and advertising services.

A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan fixed the date after senior advocates C. Aryaman Sundaram and Arvind P. Datar—appearing for petitioners before various high courts—mentioned the matter for scheduling.

Sundaram told the bench that the issue was earlier mentioned before Chief Justice B.R. Gavai, who indicated that it would be appropriate for the same bench led by Justice Pardiwala to hear the case as previously scheduled. “Then we will hear it,” Justice Pardiwala said.

The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming

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