India, July 9 -- The US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware has reportedly held embattled edtech startup BYJU'S founder Byju Raveendran in civil contempt for failing to appear before the court and submit evidence on time.

The court found that Raveendran did not comply with its earlier orders on limited expedited discovery, ET reported, citing a copy of the order.

As per US legal terminology, discovery refers to a process where the parties are required to share information and evidence related to the case with each other.

"I have seen a lot, but I have not seen strategic and patterned failure to provide meaningful, substantive responses to very basic and cogent questions that have gone on for more than a year," said the judge.

Raveendran has ...