The Court also directed the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to allow the general public to feed stray dogs at appropriate locations demarcated by the civic body.
Pertinently, the Court stayed the observations made by the High Court that people who insist on feeding stray dogs should adopt them.
“Wherever there are human beings, there is bound to be conflict of interest. There will be wrongs done by stray dogs as well, we have to be conscious of both. There may be other considerations…You cannot insist that people who feed dogs must adopt them,” Justice Khanna remarked .
The Court, therefore, directed the NMC to devise a mechanism so that dogs can be fed without nuisance being caused.
“They should not be lurking around or become aggressive and hungry,” the Court orally observed.
It further directed the NMC to file its stand on the directions by the High Court stayed the High Court’s directions regarding adoption of the dogs and imposition of fines on those who feed them, till the next date of hearing.
Source: Barandbench
