SC pulls up trust restoring heritage structures at Delhi Golf Club for covering inscriptions with lime plaster

Supreme Court pulled up Aga Khan Trust for covering inscriptions on heritage structures at Delhi Golf Club with lime plaster, calling it an 'eyewash'.

Court threatened to jail those responsible for compromising original design and inscriptions on the monument.

Delhi Golf Club directed to explain restoration work in two weeks; Aga Khan Trust identified as the restoration body.

Court also questioned Centre for handing over prime land at Sunder Nursery to Aga Khan Trust for commercial use, calling it 'shocking'.

Bench of justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and N Kotiswar Singh made observations in a petition examining preservation of heritage sites in Delhi.