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===Controversy over renovation practices=== Poor site management and development pressures have dramatically altered the historical integrity of Amber. The building that rings around the Jaleb Chwok courtyard "has been converted to a market place with shops selling showpieces and dresses. They have cafeterias, cyber cafés, etc.", according to the [[Times of India]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-02-21/jaipur/28010069_1_restoration-monument-jaleb-chowk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811071206/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-02-21/jaipur/28010069_1_restoration-monument-jaleb-chowk |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2011 |title= Barbarians at Work in Amer? |author=The Times of India|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=21 February 2009}}</ref> In the summer of 2009, the Rajasthan High Court launched a three-member panel charged with investigating the controversial renovations and determining to what extent the cultural heritage of the site was compromised.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-05/jaipur/28201701_1_adma-restoration-commercial-activities |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811071210/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-05/jaipur/28201701_1_adma-restoration-commercial-activities |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2011 |title= Three-member Panel to Probe Amer Fort Restoration |author=The Times of India |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=5 May 2009 }}</ref>
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