A high level meeting was called by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi who instructed his government to ensure the return of the medieval artefact, now set in a crown which is on display in the Tower of London. The meeting attended by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma was held in New Delhi's Jawahar Bhawan on the issue of bringing back the famed Kohinoor diamond from Britain. The meeting also reportedly discussed possibility of signing a treaty with the UK wherein Britain may be assured that India would not claim any other artefacts in Britain except the Kohinoor diamond.

The meeting apparently lasted for over 45 minutes. The Supreme Court is hearing a case+ relating to the issue of bringing back the Kohinoor+ and the meeting deliberated on stand to be taken by the government before the apex court. The court had asked the government whether it was willing to stake a claim on the Kohinoor. Earlier the government citing a 44-year-old law, said that the diamond cannot be reclaimed as it was given as a gift in 1849 by the successors of Maharaja Ranjith Singh, and not stolen or forcibly taken away from India.