Senior advocate Harish Salve, arguing for EGF, contended that treating the participation fees as actionable claims under GST law was misconceived as platforms acted merely as facilitators
Salve also argued that the methodology of taxing the entire deposit pool to ascertain valuation distorted the actual tax base and amounted to an unjust financial burden on gaming platforms
Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi also questioned the Centre’s “legislative competence” to impose GST on…