Supreme Court stays NGT direction, restricting number of people in ‘dhol-tasha’ groups in Ganesh festival

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a National Green Tribunal order restricting the size of dhol-tasha groups participating in the Ganapati festival in Pune to 30 members, PTI reported.

Dhol-tasha is a musical performance that makes use of dhols, which are large double-headed drums, and tashas, which are smaller percussion instruments.

A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued notice to the state government on the matter.