Overview
- A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N.V. Anjaria said state accountability may be fixed with heavy compensation for each bite, child or elderly death, and serious injury.
- The court challenged dog-lovers and public feeders on responsibility, asking who answers when a child is killed in a stray-dog attack.
- Arguments highlighted gaps in Animal Birth Control implementation, with intervenors citing underfunding, capacity shortfalls and corruption as barriers.
- Senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy urged sterilization and vaccination as the humane solution, while advocate Arvind Datar argued ABC alone does not guarantee an end to attacks.
- In Telangana, activists filed complaints alleging hundreds of stray dogs were killed with poisonous injections to fulfill election promises, naming local sarpanches and an accused individual as police say investigations are underway.