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SC agrees to hear PIL seeking declaration of Ram Sethu as national heritage monument

March 20, 2023 1:29 pm

Former Rajya Sabha lawmaker Subramanian Swamy said the Centre has been delaying the matter for more than nine years now.

SC to hear Subramanian Swamy's plea seeking declaration of Ram Setu as national heritage monument

February 17, 2023 1:52 am

The Supreme Court had on January 19 asked Subramanian Swamy to take up his case with the Centre and given him the liberty to approach the court again if he was not satisfied with the outcome.

SC agrees to hear plea seeking to declare 'Ram Sethu' a national heritage monument

August 03, 2022 12:00 pm

A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli, which had agreed to list the plea for hearing on July 26, said it could not do so as one of the judges of the bench concerned had some health issues.

SC to hear on July 26 plea seeking declaration of 'Ram Sethu' as national heritage monument

July 13, 2022 3:45 pm

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy had mentioned his plea for urgent hearing on April 8 last year as well.

SC to hear on July 26 plea seeking declaration of 'Ram Sethu' as national heritage monument

July 13, 2022 3:03 pm

The BJP leader, Subramanian Swamy, had raised the issue of declaring the Ram Sethu a national monument in his PIL against the controversial Sethusamudram Ship Channel project, initiated by the UPA-I government.

SC to hear plea to declare 'Ram Sethu' national heritage monument on March 9

February 24, 2022 1:59 am

Ram Sethu, also known as Adam's bridge, is a chain of limestone shoals between Pamban Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka.

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SC says it will consider after 3 months Swamy's plea for giving Ram Sethu national heritage status

January 23, 2020 1:39 pm

Ram Sethu is a chain of limestone shoals between coasts of India and Sri Lanka. According to the epic Ramayana, the Ram Sethu bridge was built by the 'Vanara army' to rescue Sita, who was kidnapped by Ravana.

Centre in apex court: 'Ram Sethu will not be affected by Sethusamudram’

March 17, 2018 8:37 am

The Sethusamudram Shipping Channel project has been facing protests from some political parties, environmentalists and certain Hindu religious groups. Under the 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

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Will not touch Ram Sethu bridge 'in the interest of nation': Centre tells SC

March 16, 2018 4:33 pm

In an affidavit filed as a response to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's plea, the Centre vouched that the Sethusamudram Canal project will not cause any damage to the bridge.

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SC to hear Swamy plea on Sethusamudram channel project

November 24, 2015 4:24 am

Swamy mentioned the matter before a bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy and requested the bench to examine his plea expeditiously.