Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on April 5 transferred to itself of all the pending cases before various High Courts challenging the imposition of 28 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) ononline gaming companies.
A bench of CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra allowed the plea of Centre seeking transfer of all 27 petitions pending in nine High Courts across India.
Several online gaming companies including Gameskraft, Dream 11, Games 24×7, and Head Digital Works have approached the court also challenging the GST imposition.
Earlier, the apex court had stayed the Karnataka High Court verdict quashing the GST intimation notice to the tune of Rs 21,000 crore issued to online gaming firm Gameskraft.
