The Supreme Court on Monday issued summons to Chief Secretaries of all but two states over failing to file compliance affidavits in the stray dog matter. The development comes months after the Supreme Court directed authorites to pick up stray dogs but also release them back upon sterilisation and immunisation.
Representatives of all states and UTs, except West Bengal and Telangana, were issued summons by the Supreme Court, and asked to appear before it on November 3 to explain why compliance affidavits were not filed in the stray dogs case.
The court noted that only the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and states of West Bengal and Telangana had filed the affidavits in the case.
During the hearing, Justice Vikram Nath also highlighted how India was being shown in a bad light internationallly due to incidents of stray dog bites. “2 months’ time was granted, no response! Continuous incidents are happening. Country is being shown down in other countries. We know, we also read newspapers,” Justice Nath was quoted as saying by LiveLaw.
More details awaited.
