SC: All stray dogs in Delhi-NCR to be relocated to shelters

Bench warns any obstruction in picking up the canines would amount to contempt of court

- AASHISH ARYAN

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the rounding up and relocation of all stray dogs from Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, and Gurugram to designated dog shelters. A two-judge Bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan also said the authorities should ensure that the canines did not return to the streets.

Terming the situation "extremely grim", the Bench also warned that any individual or organisation that tried to obstruct the picking up of these stray dogs would be held in contempt of court. "If any individual or any organisation comes in the way of such force picking up stray dogs and rounding them up, and if it is reported to us, we shall proceed to take strict action against any such resistance which may be offered," the Bench said.