2016 Supreme(SC) 1238
DIPAK MISRA, PRAFULLA C.PANT
Animal Welfare Board of India – Appellant
Versus
People for Elimination of Stray Troubles – Respondent
Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Gopal Subramanium, Anand Grover, Ms. Anjali Sharma, Rohan Thawani, Hardeep Singh Anand, Ms. Vandana Sehgal, Anand Daga, Bhaskar Roy, B.S. Banthia, Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, Aniruddha P. Mayee, Shreekant N. Terdal, Anand Grover, Mihir Samson, Gurudatta Ankolekar, S.C. Birla, Kunal Verma, Nirnimesh Dube, Ankur S. Kulkarni, Shubham Jaiswal, M/s. Lex Regis Law Offices, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Rishi Kesh, V.K. Biju, Anupam Tripathi, Jasvin Singh
For the Respondents: Shiv Mangal Sharma, Suryanarayana Singh, Mahaling Pandarge, P.S. Narasimha, Shekhar Naphade, Atul Yeshwant Chitale, Ms. V. Mohana, Sanjeev Sen, R. Parmeshwar, Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, Anshuman Srivastava, Mrs. Anil Katiyar, Ms. Pinky Anand, Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, Ms. Sushma Suri, Narendra Kumar, Vinod Mehta, C. Kannan, Prashant S. Kenjale, Kunwar Pal Singh, Naveen Kumar, Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, Suvesh Kumar, Virag Gupta, Praveen Swarup, Rakesh Kumar, Mukul Singh, Arun Kumar, Prabhat Kaushik, Shibashish Misra, Shreekant N. Terdal, Amol Chitale, Nirnimesh Dube, Ankur S. Kulkarni, Shubham Jiaswal, M/s. Lex Regis Law Offices, Saransh Kumar, Puneet Parihar, Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Mrs. Suchitra Atul Chitale, Chetan Sharma, Tanvi Kakar, Hardeep Singh Anand, Ajit Sharma, Nikhil Nayyar, Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Sumit Kumar Vats, Varinder Kumar Sharma, Ankur S. Kulkarni, Ramesh Babu M.R., Ms. Liz Mathew, Karthik Ashok, M.F. Philip, Sangram Singh Saron, Shree Pal Singh, Romy Chacko, Venkita Subramoniam T.R., Dinesh K. Garg, Dr. Vivek Sharma, Dr. R.K. Pruthi, Manu Seshadri, Ajit Sharma, Ms. Shweta Jain, E.C. Vidyasagar, Ms. Jenifer John, B.K. Gautam, Sabhasa Chandra Sageal, Mishra Saurabh, Ankit Kr. Lal, Anupam Tripathi, Vishnu Sharma, Jasvin Singh, Guntur Prabhakar, Ms. Prerna Singh, Meenesh Kr. Dubey, Abhishek Atrey, S.K. Singh, Gopal Singh, Rituraj Biswas, Ms. Varsha Poddar, Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Meenesh Len Dubey, Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Ms. Pragati Neekhra, Ms. Aruna Mathur, Ms. Anuradha Arputham, (for Arputham Aruna & Co.)
ORDER :
This Court on 18th November, 2015, after hearing learned counsel for the parties, had issued certain directions. Thereafter, the Court observed thus:-
"Learned counsel appearing for both the sides are at liberty to file affidavits which may contain the data of the dog bites and the steps taken by the local bodies with regard to destruction/removal of the stray dogs. They are also at liberty to file data pertaining to population of stray dogs. The local authorities shall file affidavits including what kind of infrastructures they have provided, as required under the law. Needless to emphasize, no innovative method or subterfuge should be adopted not to carry out the responsibility under the 1960 Act or the 2001 Rules. Any kind of laxity while carrying out statutory obligations, is not countenanced in law.
A copy of the order passed today be sent to the Chief Secretary of each of the States and the competent authority of Union Territories, so that they can follow the same in letter and spirit."
2. In pursuance of our order, the State of Orissa, the New Delhi Municipal Council (N.D.M.C.), South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the Bombay Municipal Corporation (B.M.C.) have filed th
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