New Delhi, May 26 -- Delhi High Court is set to hear the Delhi Gymkhana Club's petition challenging the Centre's eviction notice, escalating the legal battle over control of the elite 113-year-old institution. The petition argues that the government's direction to vacate the 27.3-acre premises by 5 June is arbitrary and violates due process. Members have alleged that the move is an attempt to seize control of the club despite ongoing legal and administrative proceedings.

The Delhi Gymkhana Club, one of India's oldest and most storied private institutions, is fighting a government order to vacate its 27.3-acre premises in the heart of Lutyens' Delhi by 5 June.

Founded in 1913 during the British Raj, the Delhi Gymkhana Club is among the o...