SC Stays Tax Notices of ₹1.5 tn to E-gaming Cos

The gaming companies and the revenue department both sought the stay

- Krishna Yadav

The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday stayed all tax notices issued by the revenue department to online gaming companies, estimated at more than ₹1.5 trillion, on pleas by both parties, and scheduled the next hearing on the matter for 18 March.

The gaming companies and the revenue department had sought the stay, with the revenue department seeking to prevent the expiry of several notices by the first week of February.

The bench of justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan granted the stay in the interest of all parties after the revenue department expressed concern that delaying action on the notices could make them time-barred, preventing the government from collecting the tax demanded.