The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Central government on a plea filed by former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy. The plea was filed seeking a direction to the government to "expeditiously" decide his representation to declare 'Ram Setu' as a national monument.
Also known as Adam's bridge, Ram Setu is a chain of limestone shoals located between Pamban Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka.
A bench comprising of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta agreed to hear Swamy's plea and issued notice to the Centre.
SC posted the matter for hearing after four weeks.
Swamy referred the January 19, 2023 order in his plea passed by the apex court in the Ram Setu matter.
In this order passed by the court, the central government had told the Supreme Court that it was looking into the issue pertaining to declaring 'Ram Setu' as a national heritage monument.
"The solicitor general states that the process is currently underway in the Ministry of Culture, but if the petitioner would so desire, he may also submit any additional material or communication as he may wish within a period of two weeks," the apex court had noted in its January 2023 order.
The top court granted Swamy the liberty to move before it again if he was dissatisfied and disposed of his interim application on the issue, while asking the Centre to take a decision on the same.
Swamy filed a fresh plea saying no response or decision taken was conveyed either to him or to the apex court till date. The plea said that the government is duty-bound to protect 'Ram Setu' from any form of misuse, pollution or desecration.
"It is also important to note that this archeological site is a matter of faith and 'shradha' of people treating Ram Setu as a pilgrimage and all these archaeological studies and scientific findings are foundational evidence supplementing the existence of the man-made monument as a pilgrimage for worshippers," the plea said.
According to the plea, Swamy had made a representation to the government on January 27, 2023, following the January 19 order, with all the accompanying documents.
The petitioner had again written a fresh representation to the government on May 13, 2025, the plea said.
The stated plea has sought a direction to the Ministry of Culture "to decide the representation of the petitioner in an expeditious manner/time-bound manner in compliance of order of this court dated January 19, 2023".
(With inputs from PTI)
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Also known as Adam's bridge, Ram Setu is a chain of limestone shoals located between Pamban Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka.
A bench comprising of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta agreed to hear Swamy's plea and issued notice to the Centre.
SC posted the matter for hearing after four weeks.
Swamy referred the January 19, 2023 order in his plea passed by the apex court in the Ram Setu matter.
In this order passed by the court, the central government had told the Supreme Court that it was looking into the issue pertaining to declaring 'Ram Setu' as a national heritage monument.
"The solicitor general states that the process is currently underway in the Ministry of Culture, but if the petitioner would so desire, he may also submit any additional material or communication as he may wish within a period of two weeks," the apex court had noted in its January 2023 order.
The top court granted Swamy the liberty to move before it again if he was dissatisfied and disposed of his interim application on the issue, while asking the Centre to take a decision on the same.
Swamy filed a fresh plea saying no response or decision taken was conveyed either to him or to the apex court till date. The plea said that the government is duty-bound to protect 'Ram Setu' from any form of misuse, pollution or desecration.
"It is also important to note that this archeological site is a matter of faith and 'shradha' of people treating Ram Setu as a pilgrimage and all these archaeological studies and scientific findings are foundational evidence supplementing the existence of the man-made monument as a pilgrimage for worshippers," the plea said.
According to the plea, Swamy had made a representation to the government on January 27, 2023, following the January 19 order, with all the accompanying documents.
The petitioner had again written a fresh representation to the government on May 13, 2025, the plea said.
The stated plea has sought a direction to the Ministry of Culture "to decide the representation of the petitioner in an expeditious manner/time-bound manner in compliance of order of this court dated January 19, 2023".
(With inputs from PTI)
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