New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday stayed the city government's demand that the Delhi Daredevils IPL team deposit 15 percent of its sponsorship amount as entertainment tax for approval to hold its five matches in the capital.

A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul stayed the April 11 letter issued by the entertainment tax officer to GMR Sports Private Limited, which owns the Delhi Daredevils.