National Herald case: SC stays Delhi High Court's order on Herald House eviction

In a relief to Gandhis in the National Herald case, Supreme Court today stayed Delhi High Court order of February 28 which ordered vacation of 'Herald House' in Delhi that has National Herald office.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has also issued notice to Land and Development Office on an appeal of Associated Journal (AJL) against the High Court order.

AJL is owned by Young India (YI), in which Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi are majority shareholders. On December 21 last year, the Delhi High Court’s single bench had dismissed the petition filed by the AJL, challenging the Centre’s decision to cancel its lease and vacate the Herald House.


The Centre, in its eviction order passed on October 30 last year, had mentioned the violation of lease conditions by the AJL and had said that the Herald House’s 56-year-old lease to the AJL had ended.

The publisher had then approached the High Court on November 12 last year against the eviction order of the Union Urban Development Ministry. In its petition, they stated that the Central government’s decision to cancel the lease is “politically motivated".