SC decision on pleas seeking stay on stray dog order likely today
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared for the government had argued: “Sterilisation does not stop rabies. Even if you immunise that does not stop mutilation of children.”
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Reserving its decision, the bench, headed by Justice Nath, and comprising Justices Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria, directed all intervenors to file affidavits with supporting evidence.The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its decision on pleas seeking stay of its August 11 order directing relocation of stray dogs to dedicated shelters on Friday.
A three-judge bench presided by Justice Vikram Nath had on August 14 reserved its interim order on the issue of managing the stray dog population in the National Capital Region (NCR). The top court’s intervention came just days after another bench initiated suo motu proceedings and ordered relocation of strays from the streets to dedicated shelters.
Reserving its decision, the bench, headed by Justice Nath, and comprising Justices Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria, directed all intervenors to file affidavits with supporting evidence.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared for the government had argued: “Sterilisation does not stop rabies. Even if you immunise that does not stop mutilation of children.”
“There is a vocal minority view against a silent majority view,” he added. Mehta said that while the Rules exist, they are inadequate and the top court must intervene to address the issue.
The 2023 Animal Birth Control Rules deal with the management of the stray dog and cat population. The rules reclassified them as “community animals”, included provisions for community animal feeding and specified that stray dogs cannot be displaced from their regular place of habitation. The apex court’s August 11 order had specifically directed that the stray dogs should not be brought back to their habitat after sterilisation.
The suo motu case initiated by a bench headed by Justice JB Pardiwala was subsequently re-assigned by Chief Justice of India BR Gavai to the three-judge bench headed by Justice Nath.
It was brought to the notice of the court that another bench had in a matter relating to strays called for a compassionate approach.
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