New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- The Supreme Court on Monday transferred all petitions challenging the constitutionality of the new law banning online money gaming from multiple high courts to itself.

A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan allowed the Centre's plea to club the petitions, which had been filed before the high courts of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Delhi.

The bench clarified that all proceedings pending before the high courts regarding challenges to the new law will now be heard only by the apex court, and the high courts will not entertain any petition related to this.

Both the Centre and the petitioners had requested the top court to club and transfer all related cases from the high courts. Now the Supreme Court...