Haryana-Punjab High Court’s strictness on stray dogs: Reports on dog bites and sterilization sought from districts; contempt petitions to be filed in Supreme Court.
On August 22, the Supreme Court ordered all states, union territories, and local governments to become parties to the case and guarantee adherence to the Animal Birth Control (ABC) regulations.
The High Court has broadened the hearing’s focus in light of the dog bite cases in Punjab and Haryana. A report on the number of dog bite cases in the districts and the steps taken to vaccinate and sterilize stray dogs has been requested by the Punjab and Haryana High Court from the local authorities in both states. But there have been concerns expressed regarding the Chandigarh sterilization program. Following claims of non-compliance with the orders provided in the ruling of April 2015, the program was examined by the High Court.
However, the Chandigarh-initiated dog sterilization campaign has drawn criticism. Following claims of non-compliance with the directives provided in the order of April 2015, this program was examined by the High Court. The bench made it apparent during the hearing that the number of stray dogs has significantly increased in spite of the program.
Gurmukh Singh was the one who initially took this dog-biting case before the High Court.
Supreme Court hearings on contempt petitions
The Supreme Court will now examine contempt petitions pertaining to the non-compliance with the 2015 decisions prohibiting stray dog bites, as instructed by the High Court.
At the time of this action, the Supreme Court had just mandated that all states, union territories, and local governments guarantee adherence to the Animal Birth Control (ABC) regulations and become parties to the case.
The Supreme Court has ordered that all comparable matters that are pending in the nation’s High Courts be moved to the Supreme Court for a combined hearing, according to Justice Vikas Behl.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered the files of contempt petitions to be forwarded to the Supreme Court at the combined request of solicitors for the state governments and municipal authorities of Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh.
Lawyers Kunal Malwani and Saurabh Arora filed these petitions. Maneka Gandhi, an environmentalist, animal rights advocate, and former MP, was the defendant in this case. Veeren Sibbal, a representative lawyer, represented Sunayana Sibbal, an animal activist and intervenor.
The Rose Garden brought up the matter.
Gurmukh Singh was the first to bring this issue before the High Court. He made special reference to the stray dogs in the city’s Rose Garden in his suit against the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The petitioner claimed that stray dogs had chased and bitten him during his morning walks, and numerous other dog bite incidents have been reported in the neighborhood.
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