India, Dec. 10 -- In a perhaps long-awaited sigh of relief, US' Delaware court has reversed its earlier default ruling judgement directing BYJU'S founder Byju Raveendran to pay over $1 Bn in damages, clarifying that damages were never actually assessed or awarded in the first place. The ruling resets a key pillar of the long-running legal battle and clears the way for a fresh damages trial beginning January 2026 to determine whether any penalty should be imposed at all.

The reversal undercuts a central assumption surrounding the case-that liability had already crystallised into a billion dollar judgment. According to the court, no such determination was ever made. Raveendran's legal team is now portraying the order as a reset, arguing th...