{"id":76221,"date":"2022-02-24T00:15:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T04:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=76221"},"modified":"2022-02-24T16:54:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T20:54:47","slug":"indian-supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-on-march-9-a-plea-by-bjp-leader-dr-subramanian-swamy-to-declare-shoal-of-islets-between-rameshwaram-in-india-nd-mannar-in-sri-lanka-known-as-ram-setu-adams-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=76221","title":{"rendered":"Indian Supreme Court agrees to hear on March 9 a plea by BJP leader Dr. Subramanian Swamy to declare Shoal of Islets Between Rameshwaram in India and Mannar in Sri Lanka known as Ram Setu (Adam’s Bridge) a national heritage monument of India."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on March 9 a plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy to declare Ram Setu a national heritage monument.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a mentioning made before Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, Mr. Swamy said the case was pending for a long time and concerned an important issue.<\/p>\n

The CJI acknowledged Mr. Swamy’s sense of urgency and asked whether the government had filed its response. Mr. Swamy said it had filed affidavits in the past.<\/p>\n

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The case had been similarly mentioned by Mr. Swamy in April last year before the then CJI Justice S.A. Bobde.
\nJustice Bobde, who was due to retire in a few days, had said the case could be taken up in due course of time by his successor and present CJI Justice Ramana.<\/p>\n

On January 23, 2020, the court similarly said it would consider the plea after three months.<\/p>\n

Ram Setu, also known as Adam’s Bridge, is a chain of limestone shoals between Pamban Island or Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

The BJP leader had earlier raised the issue of declaring Ram Setu as a national monument in his PIL plea against the controversial Sethusamudram Ship Channel project, initiated by the UPA-I government. The matter reached the Supreme Court, which in 2007 stayed the work for the project on Ram Setu.<\/p>\n

The Centre had later said that it considered the “socio-economic disadvantages” of the project and was willing to explore another route to the shipping channel project without damaging Ram Setu.<\/p>\n

“The Government of India intends to explore an alternative to the earlier alignment of Sethusamudram Ship Channel project without affecting\/damaging Adam’s Bridge\/Ram Setu in the interests of the nation,” the affidavit filed by the Ministry had said.<\/p>\n

The Sethusamudram shipping channel project has been facing protests from some political parties, environmentalists and certain Hindu religious groups.<\/p>\n

Under the project, a 83 km-long deep water channel was to be created, linking Mannar with Palk Strait, by extensive dredging and removal of limestone shoals.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on March 9 a plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy to declare Ram Setu a national heritage monument. In a mentioning made before Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, Mr. Swamy said the case was pending for a long time and concerned an important issue. The CJI …<\/p>\n

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