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In Re: “City Hounded By Strays, Kids Pay Price” versus

Directions by the Supreme Court – Menace of dog bites

Directions issued
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
22 Aug 2025
Citation
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 1861
Case no.
SUO MOTO WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 5/2025
Bench
Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Issue for consideration

The issue involved in these petitions centres around the right of the stray dogs to live on the streets, vis-à-vis, the safety and security of the citizens particularly the kids and elderly people from these very stray dogs, many of whom are suspected to communicable disease, i.e., rabies. Earlier, the Two Judges Bench of this Court issued directions on 11.08.2025 considering the disturbing pattern of dog bites in the country.

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