India, April 23 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday set aside a Delhi High Court verdict asking the Centre to evict residential premises at the posh Sujan Singh Park in the national Capital.

Setting aside the High Court verdict, a bench comprising justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra held that the Central Government's occupation of residential premises at Sujan Singh Park is not governed by the DRC (Delhi Rent Control) Act but is instead regulated exclusively by the terms of a Government grant dating back to 1945.

It also upheld the supremacy of the Government Grants Act, 1895, over the Delhi Rent Control Act of 1958 in the present case.

"In view of our categorical finding that the DRC Act has no manner of application to ...