The Supreme Court has quashed a Bombay High Court order imposing restrictions on the height of human pyramids during dahi handi.

The high court had suggested that the height of human pyramids during Janmashtami festival be regulated.

The pyramids formed to burst dahi handis in honour of Lord Krishna should be set at a height limit of 20 feet for human pyramids, the high court had said.

The order was issued after two boys, aged 14 and a 19, died last week in Mumbai during practice.

The Mumbai Police had also issued a warning to all govinda mandals against using children in Dahi Handi events. All police stations in Mumbai were asked to keep vigil on Dahi Handi mandals.

The SC says children below the age of 12 cannot participate in the dahi handi. The HC had stipulated that only adults, or people above the age of 18, could participate.