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Supreme Court hears ED appeal on Gameskraft arrests

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Bengaluru
  • Gameskraft ran real-money rummy apps and faces an Enforcement Directorate money laundering case
  • On 28 September the Supreme Court issued notice on the ED's appeal against the High Court order that quashed three executives' arrests
  • Justices M.M; sundresh and P.B

What happened

  • The Supreme Court issued notice on the ED's appeal on 28 September 2026.
  • The ED is challenging the Karnataka High Court order that declared the arrests illegal.
  • A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and P.B. Varale heard the plea.
  • Deepak Singh, Vikas Taneja and Prithvi Raj Singh must now file responses.
  • The three were arrested after searches on 7 and 8 May 2026.

Why it matters

  • The High Court found no summons was issued before the arrests.
  • An earlier ED case was stayed in January 2026 after the underlying complaint closed.
  • The ED opened a fresh case in February 2026 based on three Telangana complaints.

The business

  • Gameskraft ran online rummy played for money.
  • Its apps included RummyCulture.
  • It is based in Bengaluru.

What happens next

  • The Supreme Court will hear the case after the replies are filed.

The numbers around it

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Terms in this story

  • ED search: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is the agency that enforces India's foreign exchange law, FEMA, and its money-laundering law, PMLA. A search is an investigative step, not a verdict, and the consequences differ sharply depending on which of the two laws is invoked.

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