Former Supreme Court Justice Abhay S. Oka, in his first interview after retirement, criticised the transfer of the stray dog case from Justice Pardiwala’s bench, stressing that even the Chief Justice has no authority to ask any bench to modify its order.
The Supreme Court has assigned the high-profile stray dogs case to a new bench led by Justice Vikram Nath, with Justices Sandeep Mehta and N.V. Anjaria. The bench will review the August 11 order mandating removal of all stray dogs from Delhi-NCR streets and decide on stay applications.
Delhi has nearly 10 lakh stray dogs but no state-run shelters, posing major challenges for civic bodies in implementing the Supreme Court’s recent relocation order effectively.
The Allahabad High Court sought a detailed reply from the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday (Sept 13) on the arrangements at the cow shelters in the state. Court asked the director of the animal husbandry department to be present in the court during the next hearing through video-conferencing. The next hearing of the case will be on September 25.
