Kohinoor diamond gifted to UK not stolen : Centre tells Supreme Court

India ought not stake case to the celebrated around the world $200 million Kohinoor precious stone as "it was neither stolen nor coercively taken away", the middle told the Supreme Court on Monday.

Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, appearing for the government on Monday, said this was the stand of the Culture Ministry. He also told the court that the 105-karat Kohinoor diamond was handed over to the East India Company by Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Of course, in 1850, the Marquess of Dalhousie, who was the British representative general of Punjab, constrained Punjab's Maharaja Ranjit Singh to "blessing" the precious stone to Queen Victoria in 1850.

Solicitor General Kumar on Monday also also said the response of the Ministry of External Affairs on this issue is yet to come.

The Supreme Court on Monday requested that the Center record a point by point answer inside six weeks.

The court had on April 9 asked the Centre to clearly state its position on bringing back the diamond. It was hearing a petition filed by the All India Human Rights and Social Justice Front.

At the time, Chief Justice T.S Thakur inquired as to whether it is clear that it needs the case to be released, on the grounds that the administration would confront an issue in the event that it asserted the precious stone later on.

People have been demanding the return of the 105-carat stone for decades now.

Individuals have been requesting the arrival of the 105-carat stone throughout recent decades.