Nepal Supreme Court stays government order banning PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile might be one of the fastest growing mobile games in the world. However, the huge popularity of the game has made it a centre of much controversy with parents from countries like UAE, India, Indonesia and Nepal all calling for nation-wide bans on the game.

The government of Nepal had banned the popular mobile Battle Royale game based on a Kathmandu District Court order but now the country's Supreme Court has revoked the ban.

Following the ban, Nepal Telecommunications Authority had issued an order directing Nepalese service providers to block all Internet traffic originating from PUBG servers.

However, less than two weeks after the ban, Nepal’s Supreme Court recently stayed the government’s order banning the game. The stay order came after few lawyers approached the country’s Apex Court challenging the initial order to ban the game. Justice Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada observed that Players Unknown Battle Ground Mobile was no more than a game used as a medium of entertainment.