New Delhi, Sep 25 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Allahabad High Court order which barred holding of Ramleela festivities in a school ground in Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh allowed the festivities to continue subject to the condition that no inconvenience is caused to students.

"Although we don’t approve of holding religious festivities in school grounds but this Ramleela has been going on for past 100 years and festivities for this year began on September 14," the bench noted while staying the paragraph in the high court order which barred holding of the festivities It issued notice on the plea filed by Shree Nagar Ram Lila Mahtosav to the Uttar Pradesh government and asked the high court to direct

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