The Supreme Court on Wednesday said human pyramids formed during the Dahi Handi festival cannot exceed 20 feet.
The apex court rejected a petition that argued that a height restriction would mar one of India’s most-prominent festivals.
The Maharashtra government requested the top court to increase the maximum allowed height of the human pyramids from 20 to 25 feet but was turned down.
The plea seeking to relax the cap of 20-feet height of the human pyramid was filed by Mumbai-based Jai Jawan Krida Mandal Govinda Pathak.
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.
The bench had, however, suspended the operation of two directions passed by the High Court to regulate the ‘Dahi-Handi’ festival.
