Earlier on December 21, 2023, the tech company had sought an interim stay on all recovery proceedings initiated against it and offered to pay the base amount of Rs 1,500 crore in cash.
The apex court order stated that they shall stay operations of the Office Memoranda dated 7th July, 2021 and 28th January, 2022 issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change until further notice.
The Madras High Court recently upheld the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022, but said rummy and poker would not be prohibited under the Act. The decision of the Court is the second such verdict on the constitutionality of laws banning prize money games