The Delhi High Court held Reliance Entertainment Studios Private Limited and its officials guilty of contempt for wilfully disobeying court directives in a financial dispute with T-Series. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora noted the company failed to deposit payments as earlier ordered.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court found Reliance Entertainment Studios Private Limited and its officials in contempt for not adhering to court directives in a financial dispute with T-Series, also known as Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited.
Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora determined that Reliance Entertainment had intentionally failed to comply with prior court orders, which required the company to deposit specific payments owed to T-Series.
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The court mandated that the three representatives from the company face four weeks of simple imprisonment if the owed amounts are not paid within two weeks.
The Court stated,
“To enable the aforesaid opportunity, the prison sentence shall remain suspended for two [2] weeks. However, to secure the appearance of Respondent Nos. 1 to 3, they are directed to appear before the Joint Registrar (J) on 16.03.2026 for furnishing bails bonds in the sum of Rs 1 lakh with one surety of the same amount. If the payment as directed above is deposited within two [2] weeks, the prison sentence shall be remitted and the bail bonds will be discharged,”
The conflict stems from a loan agreement made in 2021, where T-Series lent Rs 168 crore to Reliance Entertainment to help finance six films. This agreement also entitled T-Series to a 12.5% interest and a share of revenue from the films.
T-Series later initiated legal action to recover approximately Rs 60 crore, claiming that Reliance defaulted on repayments. During proceedings in November and December 2023, the High Court instructed the company to disclose receivables and deposit acknowledged amounts, including Rs 7.42 crore expected from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd and Rs 2.32 crore linked to revenue from films like IB-71 and Bholaa.
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Justice Arora noted that Reliance Entertainment did not comply with the directives within the two-week deadline set in December 2023. Although the company eventually paid the Rs 2.32 crore in May 2025, the court determined that this delay amounted to willful non-compliance.
The court also observed that only Rs 4.29 crore of the anticipated Rs 7.42 crore had been received through payments from Zee Entertainment, resulting in a shortfall of Rs 3.13 crore.
Consequently, the court ordered Reliance and its officials to deposit the remaining amount along with interest within two weeks. If the payment is made, the prison sentence will be revoked; otherwise, the three officials will serve a four-week jail term, the court emphasized.
Senior Advocate Amit Sibal, along with advocates Harsh Kaushik, Darpan Sacheva, Srishti Mishra, Harsh Prakash, Saksham Dhingra, and Vinay Tripathi, represented Super Cassettes. Reliance Entertainment was represented by Senior Advocate Saurabh Kirpal and advocates Malvika Kapila Kalra, Tanwangi Shukla, Junaid Aamir, Harbani S, and Apoorva Jain.
Case Title: Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited v Reliance Entertainment Studios Private Limited
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