Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Supreme Court Allows Gymkhana Members to Approach High Court
Gymkhana Club members have been allowed by the Supreme Court to take their complaint to a High Court.
Their complaint concerns the Centre’s alleged attempt to take control of the club.
The members say this effort has continued for more than 25 years.
They also say the effort is more than an ordinary landlord dispute.
The club is currently managed by people nominated by the government.
The members are challenging whether that management is legally valid.
That question is already pending in a Supreme Court civil appeal.
The High Court may now consider the takeover-related case.
The Supreme Court gave Gymkhana Club members liberty to raise the Centre’s management takeover case before the High Court.
The members alleged that the Centre had pursued a plan to take over the Gymkhana for more than 25 years.
The plea described the Centre’s actions as a sustained and conscious design, rather than isolated landlord actions.
The Gymkhana is currently under management nominated by the government.
The validity of that government-nominated management is pending before the Supreme Court in a civil appeal.
- Who
- Gymkhana Club members, the Centre, and the government-nominated management.
- What
- The Supreme Court allowed the members to raise the Centre’s alleged management takeover case before the High Court.
- When
- The plea says the alleged takeover effort has continued for more than 25 years.
- Where
- The case may be raised before the High Court, while the management’s validity is pending before the Supreme Court.
- Why
- The members allege that the Centre has pursued a sustained plan to take over the Gymkhana.
- Court action
- The Supreme Court gave Gymkhana Club members liberty to approach the High Court.
- Dispute
- The dispute concerns the Centre’s alleged takeover of the Gymkhana’s management.
- Alleged duration
- The plea says the Centre’s plan has been pursued for more than 25 years.
- Current management
- The Gymkhana is under management nominated by the government.
- Pending issue
- The validity of the government-nominated management is pending before the Supreme Court in a civil appeal.
- Members’ characterization
- The plea characterizes the Centre’s actions as a sustained and conscious design, not isolated acts by a landlord.