The Delhi High Court was apprised by the lawyer of AAP leader Raghav Chadha that the eviction notice served to the Rajya Sabha MP was malicious in nature.
The politician had moved the High Court against a trial court order, which stopped him from moving in type VII bungalow allotted to him.
Appearing for Chadha, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi argued that the decision to withdraw his allotment ‘reeked of malice’.
He contended that the sudden decision to withdraw the allotment looked quite ‘arbitrary’ and ‘ill-intentioned’.
Singhvi argued that at least 115 MPs out of 245 in the Rajya Sabha have a housing allotment higher than technical entitlement.
He added that Raghav was not the only first-term MP to be chosen for this ‘royal’ entitlement, but there were four other first-term MPs, who had bungalows on the same road.
The Senior Advocate further said that as claimed that the house was in general pool, he would like to bring forth the fact that rest of the precisely 65 houses too were in general pool.
Singhvi added that this was really ‘distasteful’ that Raghav had been served the eviction notice at the time of getting married, which was in the public domain.
The Upper House MP was allotted the type VII bungalow in Pandara Road in September 2022. He moved into the residence in November.
This year in March, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat cancelled the allotment and served an eviction notice on him.
Chadha moved to a civil court in Delhi seeking an injunction against the eviction notice, which rejected his plea.