Published on : 25 Sep 2025, 6:47 am 2 min read

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Allahabad High Court's recent direction against holding 'Ram Lila' inside a school playground in Uttar Pradesh's Tundla.

A Bench of Justices Surya Kant , Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh , however, clarified that children shall be allowed to play in the ground.

" 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 High Court had intervened in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging misuse of the school playground for organising 'Ram Lila' by unnamed persons who had formed a Ram Lila Committee.

It was also submitted

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