India, July 23 -- New Delhi

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Aga Khan Trust over the conservation work of heritage structures located at the Delhi Golf Club, finding the lime plaster over the structures to be an "eyewash" and threatening to jail those responsible for compromising with the original design and inscriptions on the monument.

Seeking an explanation from the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) in two weeks, the court also questioned the Centre for handing over prime land at Sunder Nursery to the Aga Khan Trust "on a platter," allowing them to operate restaurants and earn money, as it sought a response from the government on how this was permissible for a private trust.

A bench of justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and N Kotiswar Si...