The Delhi High Court on 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 sale deed in the party’s favour for its former headquarters at 7, Jantar Mantar Road in New Delhi.
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav issued notice to the governments on the petition as well as an application for interim relief.
While senior advocate Abhishek M. Singhvi, appearing for All India Congress Committee, urged the court to pass an interim order to ensure that the premises are not allotted to someone else in the meantime, Justice Kaurav questioned the maintainability of the petition.
“I have a doubt about the maintainability. Therefore, if you have to press for interim relief, you have to satisfy that the petition is maintainable. See what the response of the government is. You perhaps have to file a civil suit.. This seems to be to wriggle out of limitation,” the judge orally said.
Mr. Singhvi said that the petitioner party was an allottee and had been in possession of the property for decades but the authorities had yet to act on its request to execute a sale deed in its favour.
