News Desk AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Megha Chowdhary
Updated Sat, 05 Mar 2022 02:18 PM IST
Summary
The Supreme Court stayed the decision of the Delhi High Court on stray dogs. The Delhi High Court gave its verdict last year. It said that stray dogs have the right to eat and citizens have the right to feed them.
The Supreme Court stayed the Delhi High Court’s decision in July last year, which had given guidelines regarding feeding of stray dogs. The High Court had held that community dogs have a right to eat and citizens have a right to feed them.
notice issued to them
A bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Aniruddha Bose has issued notices to the Delhi Government, Animal Welfare Board of India and others on an appeal filed by an NGO against the High Court order. The bench said that this notice can be returned in six weeks. In the meantime, the stay on the order will remain in force.
The apex court was hearing an appeal filed by the Human Foundation for People and Animals challenging the High Court’s decision on June 24, 2021. The NGO had argued that the High Court’s decision would increase the risk to stray dogs. The NGO said that dogs living in the midst of people can be prevented from aggressive tendencies and attacking people but this is not the case with stray dogs. Therefore, feeding stray dogs by people in any public place can be risky for the people themselves.
This was the decision of the High Court
The High Court had said in its judgment that stray dogs have the right to eat and citizens also have the right to feed them. One has to be careful while doing this to ensure that it does not attack others. Animal Welfare Boards and RWAs of each area should earmark a place where people can feed dogs. The court had also said in this order that dogs should not be removed from their area. The High Court had observed that the stray dogs play the role of community scavengers and also control the rodent population in the area. It also prevents the spread of diseases like leptospirosis. They also provide support to those who feed them and act as their stress relievers.
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The Supreme Court stayed the Delhi High Court’s decision in July last year, which had given guidelines regarding feeding of stray dogs. The High Court had held that community dogs have a right to eat and citizens have a right to feed them.
notice issued to them
A bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Aniruddha Bose has issued notices to the Delhi Government, Animal Welfare Board of India and others on an appeal filed by an NGO against the High Court order. The bench said that this notice can be returned in six weeks. In the meantime, the stay on the order will remain in force.
The apex court was hearing an appeal filed by the Human Foundation for People and Animals challenging the High Court’s decision on June 24, 2021. The NGO had argued that the High Court’s decision would increase the risk to stray dogs. The NGO said that dogs living in the midst of people can be prevented from aggressive tendencies and attacking people but this is not the case with stray dogs. Therefore, feeding stray dogs by people in any public place can be risky for the people themselves.
This was the decision of the High Court
The High Court had said in its judgment that stray dogs have the right to eat and citizens also have the right to feed them. One has to be careful while doing this to ensure that it does not attack others. Animal Welfare Boards and RWAs of each area should earmark a place where people can feed dogs. The court had also said in this order that dogs should not be removed from their area. The High Court had observed that the stray dogs play the role of community scavengers and also control the rodent population in the area. It also prevents the spread of diseases like leptospirosis. They also provide support to those who feed them and act as their stress relievers.