New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed the auction
of Mahatma Gandhi's belongings which were scheduled to go under the
hammer in the United States.
Justice Anil Kumar acting on the petition filed by Navjeevan Trust issued a notice to the Anitquorum auctioneers, based at New York, to stop auction which is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
The trust has claimed that they are the only legal heir of Mahatma Gandhi and no one can auction his belongings. The summons of the court and order of the injunction will be delivered by the Indian consulate in the US.
According to the petitioner, Jitender Deasi the trust was registered by Mahatma Gandhi himself in 1929 and will was made by him in 1940 that all his belongings movable or immovable will go to the trust.
Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran and lawyers, Vineet Malhotra and Krishna Singhal, requested the court to ask the auctioneer to file the declaration as to how many goods were in their possession and the same should be delivered to the trust. They argued that the belongings -- spectacles, pocket watch, cup and saucer-- should be delivered to them.
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