Overview
- The three-judge bench warned it is likely to fix heavy compensation on states for each stray-dog bite, injury or death, citing failures to make requisite arrangements.
- The Court indicated individuals and organisations that feed street dogs may be held liable for attacks and urged feeders to take responsibility by keeping the animals on their premises.
- Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria are monitoring compliance with their November 7, 2025 order to remove strays from schools, hospitals, stations and similar premises and relocate them to shelters after sterilisation and vaccination.
- The bench criticised municipal non-implementation of the Animal Birth Control Rules, called the proceedings a ‘public platform’ rather than a hearing, and pressed states and the Union to present concrete plans.
- The Court reiterated it has not ordered culling, rejected empathy or feeding as a sufficient safety response, and kept the matter for further hearing to consider effective enforcement measures.