The court said 'where do street dogs live and do the canine have any residences to live in?' The top court while hearing the matter passed various remarks including one that whether street dogs have any residence to live in. The court stayed the certain observation of the Bombay High Court related to persons interested in feeding dogs having to adopt them till the next date of hearing. Further, the Court also directed the Commissioner of Police and Superintendent of Police, Nagpur (Rural) to take necessary steps within their respective areas for controlling the menace of stray dogs/bitches in terms of Section 44 of the Maharashtra Police Act.A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and JK Maheshwari sought a response from Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and Animal Welfare Board on a plea against the Bombay High Court order over guidelines on stray dog feedings. While issuing a slew of directions the Court has directed that no citizen and no resident of Nagpur and areas surrounding shall feed or make any attempt to feed the stray dogs in public places, gardens, etc. Therefore, there is a need for the authorities to take charge of the matter, as required under the law and also the need for the Samaritans to come forward and render their assistance to the authorities in controlling the stray dog hazard.'

The Court observed that ' Many of these strays are aggressive, ferociously wild and simply uncontrollable in their behaviour.

The Court observed that there can be no denying the fact that the menace of stray dogs is being faced by the citizenry of Nagpur almost day in and day out and now it has increased beyond tolerable levels.

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