Supreme Court Dahi Handi

Against the backdrop of the Supreme Court's directions on dahi handi celebrations in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena today said the government should have come out with an ordinance reversing the top court order.

A police case has been filed against Avinash Yadav and and 16 groups that defied Supreme Court orders during the dahi handi celebrations in Thane.

Refusing to rethink a ban on taller "Dahi handi" human pyramids - popular during the Janmashtami festival in Maharashtra - the Supreme Court today said "to increase the height is very scary".

A Govinda mandal, which features in the Guinness Book of World Records for making the tallest human pyramid, has decided to return the appreciation certificate to the President as a mark of protest over the caps imposed by the Supreme Court on Dahi Handi ritual.

Adopting a strident stand towards Supreme Court's curbs on Dahi Handi in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena today said people will foil such attempts to hinder celebration of Hindu festivals.

No one below the age of 18 can participate in the popular 'dahi-handi' ritual of human pyramids the Supreme Court held today, limiting the height of such human pyramids to 20 feet only.

Days after the Supreme Court banned the participation of children under the age of 12 in the Dahi Handi festival in view of fatal accidents, over 100 revellers were injured today. In Mumbai, 84 people sustained injuries of which 12 had to be hospitalised. In Thane, 14 were admitted to hospitals with serious injuries. A man also died - reportedly of...

No child below the age of 12 years will be permitted to participate in forming human pyramids during the popular 'Dahi Handi' festival, the Supreme Court directed today while keeping on hold a Bombay High Court order which barred participation of children under 18.

Against the backdrop of the Supreme Court's directions on dahi handi celebrations in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena today said the government should have come out with an ordinance reversing the top court order.

A police case has been filed against Avinash Yadav and and 16 groups that defied Supreme Court orders during the dahi handi celebrations in Thane.

Refusing to rethink a ban on taller "Dahi handi" human pyramids - popular during the Janmashtami festival in Maharashtra - the Supreme Court today said "to increase the height is very scary".

A Govinda mandal, which features in the Guinness Book of World Records for making the tallest human pyramid, has decided to return the appreciation certificate to the President as a mark of protest over the caps imposed by the Supreme Court on Dahi Handi ritual.

Adopting a strident stand towards Supreme Court's curbs on Dahi Handi in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena today said people will foil such attempts to hinder celebration of Hindu festivals.

No one below the age of 18 can participate in the popular 'dahi-handi' ritual of human pyramids the Supreme Court held today, limiting the height of such human pyramids to 20 feet only.

Days after the Supreme Court banned the participation of children under the age of 12 in the Dahi Handi festival in view of fatal accidents, over 100 revellers were injured today. In Mumbai, 84 people sustained injuries of which 12 had to be hospitalised. In Thane, 14 were admitted to hospitals with serious injuries. A man also died - reportedly of...

No child below the age of 12 years will be permitted to participate in forming human pyramids during the popular 'Dahi Handi' festival, the Supreme Court directed today while keeping on hold a Bombay High Court order which barred participation of children under 18.