The Supreme Court has ordered an interim stay of a Karnataka High Court judgment which held that online “games of skill” like rummy are not taxable as “betting” or “gambling” under the Central Goods and Services (GST) Act.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, acting on a plea by the Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax and Service Intelligence, issued notice to Bangalore-based Gameskart Technologies Pvt. Ltd., an online gaming entity.
The top court directed the case to be listed in October and gave Gameskart two weeks to file its counter affidavit.
