2025 INSC 1357 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA INHERENT/CIVIL ORIGINAL/

EXTRAORDINARY APPELLATE JURISDICTION SUO MOTO WRIT PETITION(CIVIL) NO(S). 5 OF 2025 IN RE: “CITY HOUNDED BY STRAYS, KIDS PAY PRICE”

WITH SLP(CIVIL) NO(S). 14763 OF 2024 SLP(CIVIL) NO(S). 17623 OF 2025 WRIT PETITION(CIVIL) NO(S). 784 OF 2025 SLP(CIVIL) NO(S). OF 2025 (Diary No. 45707 OF 2025)

T.C. (CIVIL) NO. 140 OF 2025 CONTEMPT PETITION (C) NO(S). 749 OF 2025 IN SLP(CIVIL) NO(S). 14763 OF 2024

O R D E R

Mehta, J.

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1. This Court, order dated 22^nd August, 2025, after considering the submissions made on behalf of Signature Not Verified the parties and the material placed on record, had SONIA BHASIN Date: 2025.11.26 Reason:

supplemented, modified, and clarified the earlier directions issued vide order dated 11^th August, 2025. 2. The directions contained in the order dated 22^nd August, 2025, inter alia, mandated the municipal authorities to continue the exercise of capturing, sterilising, deworming, and vaccinating stray dogs in accordance with the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023, while permitting the release of sterilised and immunised dogs to the same localities from which they were picked up, except thos