On Monday: Centre told to Supreme Court, “it was neither stolen nor forcibly taken away", referring to the  India should not stake claim to the famed $200 million Kohinoor diamond.

Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, 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”

In 1850, the Marquess of Dalhousie,the British governor-general of Punjab, forced Punjab's Maharaja Ranjit Singh to 'gift' the diamond to Queen Victoria in 1850.

Kumar added, “the response of the Ministry of External Affairs on this issue is yet to come”
On Monday,The Supreme Court asked the Centre to file a detailed reply within six weeks.

After petition filed by All India Human Rights and Social Justice Front,the court on April 9, asked the centre to clearly state its position on bringing back the stone.

Amid, Chief Justice T.S Thakur questioned the Centre if it is clear that , “it wants the case to be dismissed, because the government would face a problem if it claimed the diamond in the future”

Indian people have been demanding the return of the 105-carat Kohinoor for decades now.Although in 2013, the British Government had denied to return Kohinoor.