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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 30th October, 2025 Date of Decision: 10th March, 2026 Date of uploading : 10th March, 2026 + CS(COMM) 840/2023, CC(COMM) 21/2024, I.A. 23284-23285/2023 I.A. 23378/2023, I.A. 519/2024, I.A. 815/2024, I.A. 873/2024, I.A.

978/2024, I.A. 3970-3971/2024, I.A. 6629/2024, I.A. 9066/2024 I.A. 36331/2024 & I.A. 23392/2025 SUPER CASSETTES INDUSTRIES PRIVATE LIMITED .....Plaintiff Through: Mr. Amit Sibal, Sr. Adv., Mr. Harsh Kaushik, Mr. Darpan Sacheva, Ms. Srishti Mishra, Mr. Harsh Prakash, Mr. Saksham Dhingra and Mr. Vinay Tripathi, Advs.

versus RELIANCE ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS PRIVATE LIMITED .....Defendant Through: Mr. Saurabh Kirpal, Sr. Adv., Ms.

Malvika Kapila Kalra, Ms. Tanwangi Shukla, Mr. Junaid Aamir, Ms. Harbani S. and Ms. Apoorva Jain, Advs. for D-1.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA % J U D G M E N T MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J:

I.A. 815/2024

1. This application under Order XXXIX Rule 2A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 [‘CPC’] read with Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 read with Article 215 of the Constitution of India, has been filed by the Plaintiff seeking following prayers: -

a. Initiate contempt proceedings against the Contemnors/Defendants for having violated, disregarded and not complied with the orders dated 23.11.2023 and 19.12.2023 passed by this Court in the main suit;

b. Direct the Contemnors/Defendants to immediately comply with the aforementioned orders and to pay immediately and forthwith to the Plaintiff, the amounts as directed by this Court vide orders dated 23.11.2023 and 19.12.2023; and c. Impose exemplary costs upon the Contemnors/Defendants for having wilfully and deliberately violated the aforementioned orders dated 23.11.2023 and 19.12.2023.

2. The Plaintiff i.e., Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited [‘SCIPL’ or ‘T Series’ is a private limited company doing business under the name ‘T Series’ and is one of the India’s largest music record labels. The Plaintiff is involved in the business of producing cinematograph films including by way of financing the production of such films.

3. The Respondent No. 1 is the director and Respondent No. 2 is the additional director of the Defendant company, Reliance Entertainment Studios Private Limited.

4. The present suit has been filed by the Plaintiff seeking recovery of sum of Rs. 60,23,73,358/- as on 16.11.2023 from the Defendants being the amount owed to the Plaintiff in terms of the Loan Agreement dated

19.05.2021 [‘the Agreement’].

Submissions on behalf of the Plaintiff

5. Mr. Amit Sibal, learned senior counsel for the Plaintiff has summarised the Plaintiff’s contentions as under: -

5.1. He stated that the Defendant has wilfully disobeyed the following directions passed by this Court vide orders dated 23.11.2023 and

19.12.2023: -

a. The Defendant has failed to deposit the entire amount of Rs.7,42,00,000/- [‘Rs. 7.42 crores’] receivable from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited [hereinafter ‘Zee Entertainment’, for short] in the bank account of the Plaintiff in terms of the Agreement.

b. The Defendant has without the leave of this Court released two [2]

cinematograph films/web series [i.e., ‘Crakk’ and ‘Indian Police Force’], which are produced/co-produced by without the leave of this Court and has also failed to account for revenues from the releases.

Submissions qua Defendant’s failure in depositing a sum of Rs.7.42 crores

5.2. He stated that in the Affidavit of Disclosure dated 07.12.2023, the Defendant has disclosed that a sum of Rs.7.42 crores is payable as being the consideration payable by Zee Entertainment.

5.3. He stated that in terms of the order dated 19.12.2023 [specifically at paragraph no. ‘5’], the aforesaid amount had to be deposited within a period of two [2] weeks in the bank account of the Plaintiff. However, the Plaintiff has received a sum of Rs. 4.29 crores from the Defendant during the period from 21.01.2024 to 09.05.2025.

5.4. He stated that, therefo