'You cannot insist that the people who feed street dogs should adopt them,', Justice Khanna orally said. The Court has directed the Animal Welfare Board of India and the Nagpur Municipal Corporation to file their responses.Īre the High Court directions practical? SC asksĪ bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and JK Maheshwari wondered if the directions of the Bombay High Court that the people who want to feed street dogs should adopt them and take them home or put them in shelter homes are practical. However, no coercive action in the form of penalties should be taken by the Authorities as directed by the High Court in respect of public feeding of dogs.

It will be open for the Municipal Authorities to take down the names and details of persons who create public nuisance by feeding street dogs. 'We also require the general public to ensure that no public nuisance is caused by feeding of stray dogs', the Court stated in the order. Till the locations are identified, it will be open to the Municipal authorities to deal with any nuisance caused by the street dogs in accordance with the law.

The Court also directed the Nagpur Municipal Corporation to ensure and take steps for the general public to feed the stray dogs at appropriate locations demarcated by them. The bench passed the interim order while considering a special leave petition filed by a group of dog lovers against the High Court's order. The Court also stayed the High Court's observation that persons who feed street dogs must adopt them.Ī bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and JK Maheshwari stayed the following observation in the High Court's order : 'If these so called friends of stray dogs are really interested in protection and welfare of the stray dogs, they must adopt the stray dogs, take home the stray dogs or at least put them up in some good dog shelter homes and bear all the expenses for their registration with Municipal Authorities and towards their maintenance, health and vaccination'. The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that no coercive steps shall be taken in pursuance of the order of the Bombay High Court(Nagpur Bench) which prohibited the public feeding of street dogs.

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