The Supreme Court will today hear a series of petitions challenging the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, and demanding a complete ban on online gambling and betting platforms operating under the guise of e-sports and social games.

A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan had on Monday sought a response from the Centre on the matter. The court said the plea, filed by advocate Virag Gupta on behalf of the petitioners, will be heard along with other pending petitions against the new gaming law.

Earlier, the apex court had listed the batch of transferred petitions for hearing on November 4. These petitions challenge the legality of the 2025 Act, which bans real-money online games, restricts related banking services and advertisements, and introduces strict regu

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