SC to hear fresh plea on height of human pyramid during 'Dahi Handi'
August 24, 2016  12:00
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a fresh plea seeking to relax the cap of 20-feet height of the human pyramid fixed by it for the 'Dahi Handi' ritual during Janmashtami festival in Maharashtra.

A bench comprising justices A R Dave, U U Lalit and L Nageswara Rao said that it will hear today itself a plea on the issue as the festival is to be celebrated tomorrow across the country.

The fresh plea has been filed by Mumbai-based Jai Jawan Krida Mandal Govinda Pathak.

The organisation says that now that the youth below 18 years of age have been barred from participating in the Dahi Handi ritual, the cap on the height of the human pyramid should be relaxed as adventure is part of every sport.

If there is no adventure in a game, then there is no point in celebrating it, the Krida Mandal says.

The Supreme Court had earlier refused to relax conditions put by the Bombay High Court like barring youths below 18 years of age from participating in Dahi- Handi ritual of the Janmashtami festival in Maharashtra and capping the height of the human pyramid at 20 feet.

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