New Delhi, April 29
The Supreme Court has given legal burial to a case which had sought judicial intervention to reclaim the 108-carat Kohinoor diamond from the United Kingdom.
A five-judge Bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi dismissed a curative petition seeking to re-examine its 2017 verdict in which it had said it cannot pass an order for reclaiming Kohinoor diamond from the UK or to stop it from being auctioned.
Kohinoor, which means Mountain of Light, is a large, colourless diamond that was found in southern India in early 14th century.
The 108-carat Kohinoor gem, which fell into British hands during the colonial era, is the subject of a historic ownership dispute and claimed by at least four countries, including India.
Curative petition is heard in the chamber of judges in the absence of lawyers.
The top court had in April 2017 disposed of pleas filed by an NGO and others seeking directions to bring back the treasured diamond to India, saying it cannot ask a foreign government not to auction a property. — PTI
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/2DGdQSP
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