Supreme Court Stops Eviction Of National Herald Publisher, For Now

In February, the Delhi High Court had rejected a plea of National Herald's publisher to stop the government from taking any "coercive steps" in vacating the newspapers Delhi office premises.

Outlook Web Bureau

Updated on: 5 April 2019 1:28 pm

Sending a notice to Centre over National Herald case, the Supreme Court on Friday said the Congress party-linked newspaper will not be evicted from its Delhi office, for now, NDTV reported on Friday.

The apex court order came after hearing a request of National Herald's publisher, the Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), which requested to cancel a Delhi High Court order of February which had directed the newspaper to vacate the Delhi office premises.

In February, the Delhi High Court had rejected a plea of the AJL to stop the government from taking any "coercive steps" in vacating the newspapers Delhi office premises.

Justice Sunil Gaur had said AJL will have to vacate the premises at ITO Delhi within two weeks after which proceedings under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971 would be initiated.

The had court passed the order on AJL's plea challenging the Centre's October 30 order ending its 56-year-old lease.

(with inputs from PTI)