The Supreme Court, in its earlier directive, ordered that stray dogs must be sterilised and vaccinated before being moved to shelters. However, legal experts argue the infrastructure to support this directive is completely lacking. Advocate-On-Record Nanita Sharma stated that authorities have acknowledged they “hardly have any shelter houses”, and those that do exist are in “pathetic conditions” with no basic amenities like food and water.
The Supreme Court’s latest order directing the removal of stray dogs from public institutions has drawn sharp criticism from senior legal experts, who have labelled the directive both “absolutely illegal” and “unimplementable.”
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Senior Advocate Vaibhav Gaggar and Advocate-On-Record Nanita Sharma stated that the order is legally flawed, having been passed without hearing all concerned parties.
The country’s top court recently ordered local authorities to immediately remove and relocate stray dogs from the premises of public institutions, including schools, hospitals, railway stations, and colleges, to shelters for sterilisation and vaccination. This move has triggered widespread protests from animal rights activists, with former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi terming the order inhumane, anti-science, and anti-law.
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