SC stays proceedings in INR-1.2-bln GST notice to Baazi Games
This story was originally published at 13:16 IST on 11 November 2025
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NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court has stayed proceedings in an INR-1.2-billion goods and services tax notice to Baazi Games Pvt. Ltd. and tagged its petition with similar cases where it had reserved its verdict in August. "In the meantime, the further proceedings of the impugned show cause notice dated 29-9-2025 (Sept. 29, 2025) issued by the Additional Director, Directorate General of GST Intelligence, Delhi Zonal Unit, New Delhi shall remain stayed," said the court.
The petitioner argued that despite the larger issue being subjudice before the Supreme Court in the online gaming cases, where judgment has already been reserved, the adjudicating authority proceeded to issue a personal hearing notice and sought to complete the adjudication. The petitioner said that the notice suffered from gross jurisdictional errors and the proceedings under it would be futile.
In January, the Supreme Court had stayed the proceedings related to show-cause notices issued to online gaming companies by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence. The apex court was hearing a bunch of cases in which the government's decision to retrospectively impose a 28% goods and services tax on the full value of the bets placed, and not on the gross gaming revenue, has been challenged.
Last year, the apex court transferred to itself a batch of pending cases from nine high courts on the issue. The top court had tagged these petitions with a pending case of INR 210 billion show-cause notice issued to online gaming platform Gameskraft by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence. The apex court was also hearing petitions filed by gaming companies Delta Corp. Ltd., Head Digital Works and Play Games 24*7, besides the E-Gaming Federation of India, on the same issue. End
Reported by Surya Tripathi
Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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