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The Delhi High Court connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) asked the Centre and Delhi Government to respond to a petition by the Indian National Congress seeking the execution of a merchantability deed successful the party’s favour for its erstwhile office astatine 7, Jantar Mantar Road successful New Delhi.
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav issued announcement to the governments connected the petition arsenic good arsenic an exertion for interim relief.
While elder advocator Abhishek M. Singhvi, appearing for All India Congress Committee, urged the tribunal to walk an interim bid to guarantee that the premises are not allotted to idiosyncratic other successful the meantime, Justice Kaurav questioned the maintainability of the petition.
“I person a uncertainty astir the maintainability. Therefore, if you person to property for interim relief, you person to fulfill that the petition is maintainable. See what the effect of the authorities is. You possibly person to record a civilian suit.. This seems to beryllium to wriggle retired of limitation,” the justice orally said.
Mr. Singhvi said that the petitioner enactment was an allottee and had been successful possession of the spot for decades but the authorities had yet to enactment connected its petition to execute a merchantability deed successful its favour.
“I person been asking for execution of the conveyance deed repeatedly. There is nary denial. There is nary response... I americium successful possession for 70 years. I person everything - each documents, each payments. They should not allot it to idiosyncratic else,” Mr. Singhvi contended.
In the petition, the Congress enactment stated that according to the Delhi Government’s records, it has been successful possession of a portion of the spot since February 1946 and an allotment was made successful its favour successful 1956.
The plea said that successful 1959, the enactment paid ₹6.1 lakh to the Government of India towards merchantability consideration, successful summation to ₹96,962 and ₹4,849 per annum towards further premium and further crushed rent for alteration of user.
