The Supreme Court refused to review its decision it had given against passing any order to reclaim Kohinoor diamond from Britain. The five-judge-bench, headed by Ranjan Gogoi, the CJI, found no grounds on which it could have reconsider its earlier order.
The bench said there is no merit to the petition and the petitioner failed to make any substantial argument which would compel the court to keep the issues alive, therefore the petition was dismissed.
"We have gone through the Curative Petition and the connected papers. In our opinion, no case is made out within the parameters indicated in the decision of this Court in the case of Rupa Ashok Hurra Vs Ashok Hurra and another. Hence, the Curative Petition is dismissed," News18 quoted the recent order.
Other judges on the beach were Justice? NV Ramana, Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice SA Bobde and Justice SK Kaul.
Earlier an NGO 'All India Human Rights and Social Justice Front' had filed a petition and the apex court had earlier disposed it off. The court had noted that it can¡¯t direct the UK on what it has to do with Kohinoor.?
The court also said how petitions seeking the return of the properties held by other countries come to the SC which has no such jurisdiction over any such matter.?
The central government to its affidavit in the SC had said that it was? ¡°continuing to explore ways for a satisfactory resolution¡± over the diamond with the UK. The affidavit had said the issue of the Kohinoor was ¡°taken up time and again since the Independence¡±.
The government had also said that the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972, doesn¡¯t help in this restitution of the Kohinoor diamond,? though it prevents the export of precious articles and treasures from the country. The British East India Company in 1849 had got the diamond from Sikh empire heir, boy king Maharaja Duleep Singh.