Singapore door shuts on Byju as court upholds jail term for founder Raveendran

The High Court of Singapore rejected a bid by the founder of failed education start-up Byju’s to overturn a six-month jail sentence, effectively barring him from returning to the city-state unless he’s prepared to serve the term, according to a Bloomberg report.

The court on July 9 declined Byju Raveendran’s application to have the sentence halted, his law firm Lazareff Le Bars said in a statement on Tuesday. The court originally pronounced the sentence, for contempt, in May, and then granted a stay on it last month.