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Supreme Court To Hear Subramanian Swamy's Plea Seeking National Heritage Status For Ram Setu On July 26
Shruti Kakkar
13 July 2022 12:00 PM IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on July 26, 2022 the plea seeking National Heritage Status for Ram Setu.A three-judge Bench of CJI Ramana, Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Hima Kohli issued the direction after a request was made by Rajya Sabha MP Dr Subramanian Swamy seeking urgent hearing of his plea for directions to the Center for declaring Ram Setu as a national...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on July 26, 2022 the plea seeking National Heritage Status for Ram Setu.
A three-judge Bench of CJI Ramana, Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Hima Kohli issued the direction after a request was made by Rajya Sabha MP Dr Subramanian Swamy seeking urgent hearing of his plea for directions to the Center for declaring Ram Setu as a national heritage monument.
Dr Subramanian Swamy appeared before the Court and submitted that the matter be taken up and not be deleted.
The Bench then decided to list it on July 26, 2022.
Ram Setu, is a bridge which is a chain of limestone shoals, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu. It runs from Pamban Island near Rameshwaram in South India to Mannar Island, off the northern coast of Sri Lanka. The bridge is mentioned in the epic Ramayana as constructed by Lord Ram to reach Sri Lanka to rescue Sita.
Supreme Court had in January 2020 observed that it will consider Dr Swamy's Ram Sethu plea, but had asked him to mention it after three months owing to the pendency of cases before it. Swamy had submitted before the Supreme Court that a meeting was called in 2017 by Union Minister to consider his demand but nothing had happened after that.
The issue of declaring Ram Setu as a National Heritage monument was raised by Dr Swamy, in his plea filed in 2007 against Sethusamudram Ship Channel project for protection of Ram Setu and a stay was granted by the top Court on the project's work over Ram Sethu.
Under the Sethusamudram project, an 83-km-long deep water channel was to be created, linking Mannar with Palk Strait, by extensive dredging and removal of the limestone shoals which constitute the mythological Sethu.
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