The Bench said that if any individual or organisation creates obstruction to the exercise, the Court will take strict action against them.
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Delhi government, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to start removing stray dogs from all localities in Delhi.
A Bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said that all localities should be made free of stray dogs and there should not be any compromise.
“NCT Delhi, MCD, NMDC shall at earlier start picking up stray dogs from all localities from more particularly vulnerable localities. How to do it is for the authorities to look into and if they have to create a force, do it at earliest. However, this should be the first and foremost exercise to make all localities free of stray dogs. There should not be any compromise in undertaking the exercise,” the Bench said.
Pertinently, the Bench said that if any individual or organisation creates obstruction to the exercise, the Court will take strict action against them including contempt of court.
“If any individual or organization that comes in the way of picking stray dogs or rounding them up, we will proceed to take action against any such resistance,” the Court added.
The Court also directed the State and municipal authorities to create dog shelters with sufficient staff to sterilise and immunise them.
“The State of NCT Delhi, MCD and NDMC is directed to create dog shelters and report this Court creation of such infrastructure within 8 weeks. The dog shelters should have sufficient staff to sterilise and immunise. The dog shelter would be monitored by CCTV,” the order said.
All these animal activists, will they be able bring back who have fallen prey to rabies?Supreme Court
Pertinently, the Court also criticised animal rights activists for obstructing removal of stray dogs.
“All these animal activists, will they be able bring back who have fallen prey to rabies,” the Bench demanded.
The Court said that the order is being passed for public interest and dogs should be shifted to far off places.
“We are not doing this for us—it is for the public interest. so no sentiments of any nature should be involved. Action should be taken at the earlier. Pick up dogs from all localities and shift them to far off places,” the Bench orally remarked.
