Mechanism needed for regulation of stray dogs: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Monday said a mechanism needs to be evolved for neutering feeding grooming and vaccination of stray dogs in view of their high population on streets and sought the assistance of an NGO in the matterA division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and S G Dige said the court would like to rope in The Welfare of Stray Dogs WSD NGO which has has been working towards the welfare of stray dogs for the past several decadesThe court was hearing a petition filed by six residents of a residential complex at Seawoods in Navi Mumbai seeking a direction to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation to identify and demarcate feedings stations in public places for stray dogsThe residents had also challenged fines imposed on them by their housing society for feeding stray dogsThe petitioners and the Seawoods Estates Limited SEL which manages the residential complex have been at loggerheads over the issueThe court also came down heavily on the SEL for not permitting domestic helps drivers and other service providers to the homes of the petitionersThe HC had in December 2021 appointed a lawyer to mediate on the issueThe high court on Monday said some process needs to be found to address the issueWhen we have a high population of stray dogs a mechanism has to be evolved for their neutering collaring vaccination and grooming We have to seek the assistance of such groups that have been working towards the welfare of such dogs Justice Patel saidIn Photos BMC chief Iqbal Singh Chahal appears before ED in MumbaiThe high court said some process needs to be found to address the issue noting the petition raises a wider question about the care upkeep and control of stray dogs as also the protection of the rights of citizensIt would help us if some organisation having expertise in such matters assists us The Welfare of Stray Dogs is one such organisation We direct for the WSD to be impleaded as respondent in the present petition the court said posting the matter for further hearing on March 2The court also rapped the Seawoods Estates Limited for not permitting domestic helps drivers and other service providers to the homes of the petitionersThe earlier bench of the HC had in its December 2021 order directed SEL to not take any coercive action against the petitioners So now you SEL reduce their lives to such utter misery by not allowing basic service providers to their homes How can you prevent people from going Justice Patel saidThe court directed the petitioners to file an application raising these grievancesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever