Meghalaya High Court Seeks Supreme Court Approval to Continue Hearing Stray Dog PIL

The Meghalaya High Court has directed its Registrar General to seek Supreme Court approval to continue hearing a public interest litigation on stray dogs.

A Bench of Chief Justice IP Mukerji and Justice W Diengdoh said the problem in Meghalaya has “peculiar and distinctive” features, with reports of vicious dogs attacking people in public places.

The Court recalled earlier directions requiring such dogs to be captured, vaccinated and kept in shelters before release.

On August 22, the Supreme Court had ordered the transfer of all pending stray dog cases from High Courts to itself for consolidated hearing.

[Kaustav Paul v The State of Meghalaya]