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Supreme Court upholds retrospective 28% GST on online gaming platforms

Supreme Court upholds retrospective 28% GST on online gaming platforms

28 May 2026, 12:24 PM

The Supreme Court has upheld the government’s retrospective 28% GST (Goods and Services Tax) levy on real-money gaming platforms.

Court rejects bail to SabPaisa CEO Kumar Manish in online gaming tax evasion case

Court rejects bail to SabPaisa CEO Kumar Manish in online gaming tax evasion case

13 May 2026, 06:10 PM

The Special Chief Judicial Magistrate, Meerut, has rejected the bail application of Kumar Manish, CEO of payment aggregator SabPaisa in a GST evasion case...

Online Gaming Act, regulator to come into force from May 1

Online Gaming Act, regulator to come into force from May 1

23 Apr 2026, 12:02 PM

India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Wednesday notified rules to operationalise the Online Gam...

The shadow economy of online gaming: How money moves beyond the screen

The shadow economy of online gaming: How money moves beyond the screen

04 Sep 2025, 06:01 PM

“I gave a contract to someone to build my house in my village in Odisha. The contractor gave Rs 6 lakh to one of his staff for mater...

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