Subramanian Swamy moves SC, seeks direction to Centre to decide on Ram Setu’s national monument status

In the plea drawn by advocates Satya Sabharwal and Palak Bishnoi, Swamy has referred to the January 19, 2023 order passed by the apex court in the matter

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May 26, 2025

In the plea drawn by advocates Satya Sabharwal and Palak Bishnoi, Swamy has referred to the January 19, 2023 order passed by the apex court in the matter

Swamy moves SC over Ram Setu monument status

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to “expeditiously” decide his representation to declare ‘Ram Setu‘ as a national monument. Ram 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.

In his plea drawn by advocates Satya Sabharwal and Palak Bishnoi, Swamy has referred to the January 19, 2023, order passed by the apex court in the matter. On January 19, 2023, the Centre had told the top court that it was looking into the issue pertaining to declaring ‘Ram Setu’ as a national heritage monument. The top court was then hearing Swamy’s plea on the issue.

“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 court had asked the Centre to take a decision on the issue and granted Swamy the liberty to move before it again if he was dissatisfied and disposed of his interim application on the issue.

The fresh plea filed by Swamy said no response or decision taken was conveyed either to him or to the apex court till date. It said the Centre 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.

The pleas said after the January 19, 2023 order, Swamy had made a representation to the Government on January 27, 2023 with all the accompanying documents. The plea said the petitioner had again written a fresh representation to the government on May 13, 2025.
It 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 with the order of this court dated January 19, 2023”.

In 2008, Swamy approached the apex court to protect Ram Setu, when the Congress-led UPA government announced the Sethu Samudram project by breaking Ram Setu to widen the ship channels.

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