The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday stayed a National Green Tribunal (NGT) direction restricting the number of people to 30 in the 'dhol-tasha' groups involved in the Ganeshotsav 2024 festivities, including idol immersion rituals, in Pune, news agency PTI reported.

Having decided earlier in the day to take up a Pune-based 'dhol-tasha' group's plea against the NGT order for hearing at 2 pm, a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra also issued a notice to state authorities on it.