A three-judge Supreme Court bench will hear petitions by real-money gaming (RMG) operators challenging the constitutional validity of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act (PROGA), 2025, in January 2026.

On December 11, a bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, heard a plea by Head Digital Works, which operates the online rummy platform A23 Rummy, seeking urgent hearing on petitions challenging the government's online gaming law.

Senior advocates C. Aryama Sundaram and Arvind Datar, appearing for Head Digital Works and other petitioners, highlighted the urgency of the matter, noting that the businesses of these gaming operators had come to a standstill and job losses had occurred due to the new law.

They pointed out that the matter had gone off the board of the bench compr

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