A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw said that they "will pass an order on who has to do that".
The petition said that the department concerned of Shantivan museum has written to Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) several times seeking funds for maintenance of these objects or requesting ASI to preserve these articles. However, ASI is yet to take any concrete action in protecting these articles, it claimed.
The court during the brief hearing said, "Why don't you hand over these articles to the National Museum."
"You (petitioner) offer all this things to the National Museum. Is it that you are trying to make money out of this? The difficulty is that you do not want to hand it over," the court said, adding that "write a letter to them (Centre) to take it over."
"We (Centre) have no difficulties in providing any technical assistance," the government counsel said.
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