NEW DELHI: India ought to surrender its case to an enormous precious stone that it has battled for quite a long time to get once again from the British, the administration told the Supreme Court on Monday, in light of the fact that the stone was given to its previous pioneer ruler instead of stolen. 

One of the world's biggest precious stones, the 105-carat Koh-i-Noor has been a piece of the British royal gems for a long time and today frames a portion of Queen Elizabeth II's crown. 

The stone has been at the focal point of a long-running strategic column, with numerous Indians requesting Britain give back the precious stone to make amends for its frontier past. 

In any case, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's legislature on Monday told India's Supreme Court that it ought to swear off its cases to the gem since it was truth be told given to the British as a blessing by an Indian King, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, in 1851. 

"It was neither stolen nor persuasively taken away," specialist general Ranjit Kumar told the Supreme Court amid the knowing about a case requiring the stone's arrival. 

The Koh-i-Noor, in plain view in the Tower of London, is set in the crown worn by the present Queen Elizabeth amid her royal celebration in 1953. 

The Duchess of Cambridge, who a week ago went by India with her spouse, Prince William, will wear the crown on authority events when she gets to be ruler consort. William is second in line to the British throne. 
Amid a visit to India in 2010, British Prime Minister David Cameron said that the precious stone would stay in London. 
"What has a tendency to happen with these inquiries is that on the off chance that you say yes to one, then you would all of a sudden locate the British Museum void," he said. 

Indian campaigners trust the precious stone is one of numerous ancient rarities taken from India by the British amid pioneer standard. 

"The British rulers plundered India and the administration is committing an error by not supporting our cases," said Nafis Ahmad Siddiqui, who appealed to the Supreme Court for the stone's arrival.