New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Karnataka Government to deposit Transferable Development Rights (TDR) certificates worth Rs. 3,400 crore with the Court Registrar within a week for acquiring over 15 acres of land of Bangalore Palace Ground to widen Bellary and Jayamahal Roads.

A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Aravind Kumar hammered the Karnataka Government, by taking a serious view into its attitude of being not firm in its stand.

This follows the hearing of a batch of contempt petitions filed by the legal heirs of late scion of erstwhile Mysore Royal Family Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar and others.

Senior advocates Kapil Sibal, Rajeev Dhavan and Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty were among o...