Avinash Jadav

(Photo courtesy: Maharashtra Times)

THANE: Flouting the Supreme Court's ruling of restricting the height of dahi handis to 20 feet, an MNS-backed organizer in the Mumbai suburb, Thane, scaled up a 49-feet dahi handi. And defying the court order some more, a 12-year-old boy was put on the top of the pyramid. This human pyramid is being called the 'Kayda-bhang' or the law-breaking pyramid.Avinah Jadav, the organizer of this 49-feet pyramid, sported a t-shirt that said "I will break the law".On Wednesday, the Supreme Court rejected a plea seeking its nod to form human pyramids above 20 feet for the dahi handi, particularly in Maharashtra. A bench of Justices AR Dave, L Nageswara Rao and UU Lalit rejected the petition of the Maharashtra government and a 'Govinda mandal' saying it is very "dangerous and scary" to form multi-layer human pyramids above 20 feet. The bench said it could not be allow such human pyramids because people could get hurt.In an earlier order, the apex court had held that no one below 18 years of age can take part in human pyramids.MNS chief Raj Thackeray has been urging his followers to ignore the SC order and go ahead with tall human pyramids. "We don't care for the contempt of court case," the MNS chief said on Wednesday, while lashing out at the apex court for "interfering" in religious matters." "We will celebrate govinda with usual fervour," he added.The Thane police have videographed the MNS event. They also took down names of MNS functionaries who planned the human pyramid in violation of SC's order, sources said.That the SC ruling would be violated was pretty clear going by the preparations of big ticket political organizations. Mandals which form eight- or nine-layer pyramids were invited to various venues on Thursday, despite the curbs on the height.The Shiv Sena said on Thursday the government should have come out with an ordinance reversing the ruling of the apex court. Police, instead of going about their duty of catching criminals, will now have to roam around places to keep a watch on the height of human pyramids, the Sena said.Speaking on why they could not adhere to the height restriction, Jadav said to TOI that as the competition is about the highest human pyramid, it is not possible to maintain any restriction. However, if a team with a minor wins, they will forfeit the prize, said Jadav.The prize money for the MNS dahi handi has been set to Rs 11 lakh for reaching the top of the pyramid and smashing the earthen pot of curds and butter.