Recently, the Supreme Court of India rejected a PIL seeking directions for the construction of a wall at Sri Ram Setu and urging the Union of India to declare Sri Ram Setu as a national monument.

The Supreme Court says that this is an administrative decision and asked the petitioner how the court can give instructions to build the wall. The Supreme Court also refused to tag that PIL with another petition seeking a direction to declare the monument as a national heritage.

The division Bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia said "Is it for the Court to do? These are administrative matters for the government... how can the court get into it?", remarked Justice Kaul.

The bench also raised concerns about the practicality of constructing walls on both sides and whether it was within the court's purview to interfere in such issues. They explicitly stated their reluctance to utilize their authority under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution to issue the requested directives as per the petitioner's appeal.

Accordingly, the Court ordered, "We are not inclined to exercise jurisdiction under Article 32 of the Constitution of India to give any directions of the nature which the Petitioner seeks."

The petitioner organization, Hindu Personal Law Board (HPLB), represented by its President Ashok Pandey, approaches the Court with a request to permit the construction of a wall that would enable access to the iconic bridge known as Sri Ram Setu for darshan (sacred viewing) by both humans and all living beings. The petition argued that the darshan of Sri Ram Setu holds immense significance for Hindus, as it is believed to bestow moksha (spiritual liberation). However, the Court declined to entertain the public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the declaration of Ram Setu as a national monument, emphasizing that such matters are administrative in nature and may not fall within the purview of the Court's jurisdiction.

The PIL further alleged that the government has not taken sufficient steps to facilitate the darshan of Sri Ram Setu.

"The political leaders ruling the country during 2004 to 2014 were so Anti-national and Anti Hindu that they went to the site of Ram Setu to flag off the dredging machine entrusted with work to Bulldogge Sri Ram Setu. The government of Bharat under the leadership of Antonia Maino Gandhi and Manmohan Singh dared to order for bulldozing of that Ram Setu about which Ram himself says through Sri Ram Charit Manas “Mum Krit Setu Jo Darshan Karahin, So Binu Shram Bhav Sagar Tarhin” which mean that all the persons who will see the Setu got constructed by me, will get the Moksha", reads the PIL.

The Petitioner had sought the following directions: 1. To construct a wall at the Sri Ram Setu site in the sea, extending for a few meters and, if feasible, for a kilometre. This construction is intended to make the bridge, known as Sri Ram Setu, accessible for darshan by humans and all other living creatures of God 2. To issue a directive to the respondents, mandating the declaration of Sri Ram Setu/Nalahin Setu/Setu Bandh as a national monument.