New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Allahabad High Court’s recent order that had stopped the staging of ‘Ram Lila’ inside a school playground in Tundla, Uttar Pradesh. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh said that the festivities could continue, but children must be allowed to use the ground for playing and sports. “Since festivities have begun, para 11 of the order is stayed, the festivities shall continue [on the] condition that children shall continue to play or pursue sports activities,” the Court said.

On September 22, the Allahabad High Court had passed directions in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging that the school playground was being misused by a Ram Lila Committee. It was told that cement interlocking tiles were being laid

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