Singapore, June 12 -- In a significant development for Edutech entrepreneur Byju Raveendran, the General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore on June 10 granted a stay of its committal and surrender provisions of the recent civil contempt order dated May 25, following the application filed on behalf of Byju Raveendran, said counsels for Raveendran.

Raveendran is accordingly not required to surrender, and no term of imprisonment takes effect. An appeal against the contempt finding has also been filed.

The original order of May 25 would have required Raveendran to appear on June 15. No arrest warrant was issued against Raveendran.

According to the counsels for Raveendran, the order under appeal is a civil contempt find...