SC orders EIH to hand over Wildflower Hall to Himachal govt

Mumbai/New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a Himachal Pradesh High Court’s order asking East India Hotels Ltd to vacate and hand over the 5-star Wildflower Hall hotel in Mashobra, Shimla, to the state government by March 2025. Last year, following the high court’s order of 17 November, the state government immediately took control of the hotel. Wildflower Hall is run by Mashobra Resort Ltd, in which EIH holds a 78.79% stake, according to the latter’s most recent annual report. EIH and Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation had signed a joint-venture agreement in October 1995 to form MRL that runs the Wildflower Hall hotel.