New Delhi: The Ram Sethu, in the eye of a row over a shipping canal project, is "an ancient heritage of the country's composite culture" and the government is duty bound to protect it, former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa told the Supreme Court on Thursday.
Appearing for the AIADMK chief, senior counsel K K Venugopal told the Court that the issues involving the Ram Sethu fell in the realm of people's "faith and belief", and Article 25 of the Constitution cast a duty upon the government to protect people's faith.
Ram Sethu, also known as Adam's Bridge, is a chain of limestone shoals 48 km long. Many Hindus believe that it was built during Lord Ram's era to facilitate his journey from southern India to Sri Lanka.
Venugopal made the assertion on behalf of Jayalalithaa as well as noted religious figure Dandi Swami Sri Vidyananda Bharti before a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan.
The Bench began hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the implementation of the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, aimed at building a shorter navigational sea route around the Indian peninsula.
In an interim order on August 31, the Court restrained the Central Government from damaging the Ram Sethu in any manner while dredging the narrow sea dividing Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.
Thursday, 01 May , 2008, 19:48http://sify.com
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- Kamal Kumar Pandey (Adv. Supreme Court of India)
- Lawyer Practising at Supreme Court of India. Court Experience: Criminal, Civil & PIL (related to Property, Tax, Custom & Duties, MVAC, insurance, I.P.R., Copyrights & Trademarks, Partnerships, Labour Disputes, etc.) Socio-Legal: Child Rights, Mid Day Meal Programme, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, Women Rights, Against Female Foeticide, P.R.Is, Bonded Labour, Child labour, Child marriage, Domestic violence, Legal Literacy, HIV/AIDS, etc. Worked for Legal Aid/Advise/Awareness/Training/Empowerment/Interventions/Training & Sensitisation.
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