Supreme Court dismisses PIL for construction of wall at Ram Sethu
Oct 03, 2023
New Delhi [India], October 3 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking the construction of a wall in the vicinity of Ram Sethu site of ‘darshan’.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia said it was an administrative decision and asked the petitioner how can the court direct the construction of the wall.
“How can the court direct to construct a wall? These are administrative matters,” said the bench and dismissed the plea.
The apex court also declined the request of petitioner advocate Ashok Pandey to tag the PIL along with another petition that has sought a direction to declare the monument as a national monument.
Ram Sethu 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.
Pandey, the chairman of the Hindu Personal Law Board, filed the petition stating that a "darshan" of Ram Sethu will give "moksha (divine freedom) to crores of people".
The PIL sought the construction of a wall in the vicinity of Ram Setu, situated on Dhanushkodi sea in Rameshwaram, which is the southmost tip of the Indian peninsula.
The plea also stated that a wall, if feasible, could be erected to a certain depth in the sea, extending several hundred meters and possibly up to a kilometre.
