New Delhi: A petition which is  filed by Associated Journals Limited in opposition to the government's eviction notice to Herald House was rejected by the Delhi High Court on Friday. Today the court proceeded to approve two weeks for Herald House to be vacated.

Worth mention here Associated Journals Limited, which owns National Herald, had moved the Delhi HC last month in opposition to the October 30 government order which called off the lease. The reason given for the termination of the lease was that no newspaper had been functioning out of the building in ten years and in its place, it was being used for commercial purposes which are against the lease accord.

On behalf of AJL, Abhishek Manu Singhvi had opposed by alleging that eviction process had been kicked off while the matter was still in court.

The eviction order added that a new twist to the National Herald case, which has been termed by the BJP as a major example of corruption by the grand old Congress party and the Gandhi family.

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has alleged that Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi set up a company to pay money for debts worth Rs. 90 crore owed by Associated Journals, which publishes three newspapers including National Herald, established by Jawaharlal Nehru - Rahul Gandhi's great-grandfather - before he became India's first prime minister.