Overview

• Chief Justice B.R. Gavai has appointed Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N.V. Anjaria to reconcile conflicting high-court orders on stray-dog management.
• Municipal bodies in Delhi-NCR and other jurisdictions began capturing and removing stray dogs before a written copy of the Supreme Court’s Monday directive was available.
• Animal-welfare activists held torchlight marches and protests outside courts and media offices, with viral footage showing a lawyer attacked by demonstrators.
• Delhi’s Animal Birth Control centres report severe capacity limits—around 20 facilities that can each house only 30–40 dogs for a week—raising concerns over humane sheltering.
• Karnataka MLC S.L. Bhojegowda’s admission of ordering the killing and burial of 2,500 dogs has escalated political and rights-based backlash.