The State Of Kerala Represented By The Chief Secretary To The Government vs. Human Rights Protection Council Represented By Its Secretary Dr. G. Samuel Valiyaparambil Mankamkuzhy P. O. Vattiyar Mavelikkara Kerala State
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REVISED
SECTION III
ITEM NO.21
COURT NO.9
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Civil Appeal No(s). 5988/2019
ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA
Appellant(s)
VERSUS
PEOPLE FOR ELIMINATION OF STRAY TROUBLES. & ORS. Respondent $(s)$
(IA No. 74085/2018 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 89077/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 77765/2018 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 22823/2022 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 10871/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 10860/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
WITH
C.A. No. 5990/2019 (III)
C.A. No. 5991/2019 (III)
C.A. No. 5992/2019 (III) (FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 2/2015 FOR ON IA 3/2016 IA No. 2/2015 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES)
C.A. No. 6042/2019 (III) (FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING ON IA 1/2010 IA No. 1/2010 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)
C.A. No. 6551/2019 (IV-A) (FOR VACATING STAY ON IA 108994/2019 IA No. 108994/2019 - VACATING STAY)
C.A. No. 6552/2019 (IV-A) (and IA No.100795/2017-VACATING STAY and Statement of Objections filed on behalf of Respondent no. 3. <pre>IA No. 100795/2017 - VACATING STAY)</pre>
Signa Gre No $A$ erified No. 6553/2019 (IV-A) Restrict Stay on IA 108987/2019 Date: 2021<br>1754 EST CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 697/2021 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT ON IA 700/2021 IA No. 697/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION
IA No. 700/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT
IA No. 108987/2019 - VACATING STAY)
C.A. No. 5930/2019 (XIV-A)
W.P.(C) No. 599/2015 (PIL-W)
(FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 1/2015
FOR ON IA 2/2015
FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 3/2015
FOR ON IA 4/2015
FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 6/2016
FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 8/2016
FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 9/2016
FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 10/2016
FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 11/2016
FOR ON IA 12/2016
FOR ON IA 13/2016
FOR ON IA 14/2016
IA No. 10/2016 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 3/2015 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 1/2015 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON
IA No. 6/2016 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON
IA No. 11/2016 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES
IA No. 9/2016 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES
IA No. 8/2016 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES)
C.A. No. 5972/2019 (XI-A)
(MR. V. K. BIJU, ADVOCATE IMPLEADING AS A PARTY RESPONDENT. and IA
No.99975/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION
IA No. 29261/2017 - IMPLEADMENT
IA No. 2/2016 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON
IA No. 99975/2017 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION)
W.P.(C) No. 805/2015 (PIL-W)
(FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 1/2015
FOR ON IA 2/2015
FOR ON IA 3/2017
FOR ON IA 4/2017
FOR ON IA 5/2017
FOR ON IA 6/2017
FOR AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION ON IA 7/2017
FOR ON IA 8/2017
FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 9/2017
FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT [Application for impleadment as party
respondent] ON IA 47777/2017 and IA No.80873/2017-DELETING THE NAME
OF RESPONDENT
IA No. 7/2017 - AMENDMENT IN CAUSE TITLE
IA No. 9/2017 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 47777/2017 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
IA No. 1/2015 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)
C.A. No. 5947/2019 (XI-A)
(FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 187131/2019 IA No. 187131/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON IA-145492, 145849, 152977 OF 2022-FOR IMPLEADMENT)
C.A. No. 5950/2019 (XI-A) (IA-146034/2022 – FOR IMPLEADMENT)
C.A. No. 5949/2019 (XI-A)
C.A. No. 5956/2019 (XI-A)
C.A. No. 5951/2019 (XI-A)
C.A. No. 5952/2019 (XI-A)
C.A. No. 5953/2019 (XI-A)
C.A. No. 5955/2019 (XI-A) (FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 187109/2019 IA No. 187109/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)
C.A. No. 5948/2019 (XI-A)
C.A. No. 5954/2019 (XI-A)
W.P.(C) No. 319/2020 (PIL-W) (IA No. 24146/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)
W.P.(C) No. 1439/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 188586/2019 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 119635/2020 IA No. 119635/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 188586/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
SLP(C) No. 2677/2022 (IX) IA No. 108497/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)
C.A. No. 5989/2019 (III) (FOR ON IA 52426/2017)
W.P.(C) No. 808/2015 (PIL-W) (FOR DISPENSING WITH SERVICE OF NOTICE ON IA 2/2015 FOR ON IA 3/2016 IA No. 2/2015 - DISPENSING WITH SERVICE OF NOTICE)
Date : 12-10-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI
For Parties
Mr. Siddharath Luthra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Manisha T. Karia, AOR Mr. Sukhda Kalra, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Kumar, Adv. Petitioner-in-person Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Abdulla Naseeh V.T., Adv. Ms. Meena K. Poulose, Adv. Mr. Amol Chitale, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Subhojit Saha, Adv. Ms. Ruchira Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, Adv. Mr. K.M. Vignesh Ram, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv. Ms. Vaidhruti Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR Mr. Ajit Sharma, AOR Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, AOR Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR Mr. Rajesh Kandari, Adv. Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Chetanya Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Amlendu Kumar Akhilesh Kumar Jha, Adv. Dr. Ranjeet Bharti, Adv. Ms. Rubeena Jawed, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Hardeep Singh Anand, AOR Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amol Chitale, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Susheel Joseph Cyriac, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv.
Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv. M/S. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Ms. Anushree Prashit Kapadia, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Simanta Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Varun Singh, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Mr. Shree Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Ms. Uma Devi. M, AOR Mr. Dinesh Kumar Garg, AOR Mr. Pahlad Singh Sharma, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Pervical Billimoria, Sr. Adv. Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, AOR Mr. Sourabh Malhotra, Adv. Ms. Ravita Sood, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Sharma, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha K. Garg, Adv. Ms. Nishtha Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Lovely Garg, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Ajit Bhasme, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Ratnesh Kumar Shukla, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR
Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mrs. D. Geetha, Adv. Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR Ms. Namrata Pulse, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Shantwanu Singh, Adv. Ms. Pragya Singh, Adv. Mr. Akshay singh, Adv. Mr. Chander Uday Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Ms. Surekha Raman, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham Roy, Adv. Mr. Vijay Valsan, Adv. M/S. K J John And Co, AOR Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Mohd. Apzal, Adv. Mr. K.M.Nataraj, ASG Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bhagla, Adv. Mr. Atul Yeshwant Chitale, Sr. Adv. Ms. Tanvi Kakar, Adv. Mrs. Suchitra Atul Chitale, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. E. C. Vidya Sagar, AOR Mr. Abhilash MR- Advocate Mr. Sayooj Mohandas. M Adv.
Mr. Abhilash M.R., Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohandas, Adv. Mr. Vishal Arun, AOR. Mr. Jyoti Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Amarnath Gupta, Adv. Mr. Jayant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Kumar Srivastava, Adv. Ilam Paridi, Adv. Mr. T.S. Sundaram, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Av. Mr. Aayush Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Vishal Arun, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Sureshan P., AOR Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Ms. Manisha T. Karia, AOR Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Prannoy Joe Sebastian, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Sourav Roy, AOR Mr. Suhas Kadam, Adv. M/S. Black & White Solicitors, AOR Mr. Satyam Thareja, AOR Mr. Ajay K. Agrawal, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Ms. Samriti Ahuja , Adv. Respondent-in-person Mr. Harsh Parashar, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupam Ngangom, Adv. Mr. Wahengbam Immanuel Meitei, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv.
Mr. T.K. Nayule, Adv. Mr. T. K. Nayak, Adv. Mr. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR Ms. Shrutee Aradhana, Adv. Mr. D.Kumanan, AOR Ms. Racheeta Chawla, Adv. Ms. Divya Singh, Adv. Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Abbas B. Mr. Vinod Ghai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Ms. Kanika Ahuja, Adv. Ms. Kirti Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Mayank Dahiya, Adv. Ms. Priyanka C., Adv. Mr. S.. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Ms. Sweena Nair, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Mr. Ajay Singh, Adv. Mr. Ram Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR Mr. Nikhil Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. K.M. Natraj, ASG Mr. R.R. Rajesh, Adv. Mr. Sharad Singh, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. S.K. Singhania, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kr. Verma, Adv. Mr. T.S. Sabarish, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Juais. P, Adv. Mr. Prsanth K., Adv.
M/S. Lead Counsel, AOR Ms. Manali Singhal, Adv. Mr. Santosh Sachin, AOR Ms. Aanchal Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Deepak Singh Rawat, Adv. Mr. Vivek Sibal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Supriya Juneja, AOR Ms. A. Sahitya Veena, Adv. Ms. Esha Dutta, Adv. Mr. P.V. Dinesh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Raj Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ashwini Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Bineesh K, Yadav, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Ms. Pavani Mahalaxmi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Swati Jindal, AOR Ms. Prernaa Singh, Adv. Ms. Arushi Kulshrestha, Adv. Dr. L.S. Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chaudhar, Adv. Mr. D.S. Chauhary, Adv. Mr. Parambir Singh, Adv. Mr. Viresh Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Vishesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash, Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Ms. Vipasha Singh , AOR Mr. B. Karuna Karan, Adv. Dr. K. Kannan, Adv. Mr. K. Balambinai, Adv. Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR Mr. Romy Chacko, AOR Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR Mr. P. V. Surendranath, Sr. Adv. Mr. Subhash Chandran K.R., Adv. Mr. Krishna L.R., Adv. Mr. Sawan Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Pushpita Basak, Adv. Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Ravinder Singh, Adv. Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Ms. Raveesha Gupta, Adv. Ms. Varnika Singh, Adv. Ms. Deeksha Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv. Ms. Deeksha Agarwal, Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Karthik S.D., Adv. Mr. C. Govind Venugopal, Adv. Mr. John Mathew, AOR Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Debmalya Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Kartik Bhatnagar, Adv. Mr. Rohan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anmol, Adv. Mr. Nicholas Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Shreesh Chadha, Adv. Ms. Esha Dutta, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Munawwar Naseem, AOR Ms. Sanjna Dua, Adv. Ms. Usha Nandini V., AOR Mr. M.S. Vishnu Sankar, Adv. Mr. Ravi, Adv. Mr. Alok Gupta, AOR Mr. S. C. Birla, AOR Mr. Vishnu Sharma, AOR Ms. Charu Sangwan, AOR Mr. Krishna Raj, Adv. Mr. Mohan V. Katarki, Sr. Adv. Mr. Subhashchandra Sagar, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Mohan, Adv. Mr. Hemant Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. E.C. Vidyasagar, AOR
Nanita Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Sharma, Adv. Mr. Faeek Ulfarooq, Adv. Mr. Sachin Pahwa, Adv. Ms. Pooja Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amitesh Chandra Mishra, Adv. Mr. Pratibha Yadav, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Yadav, Adv. Ms. Ankita Wadhwa, Adv. Ms. Lakshya Ruhalla, Adv. Ms. Radhika Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv Ms. Niharika Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Shweta Sand, Adv. Mr. Narendra Pal Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Bahl, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Raj, Adv. Mr. Rishi Kumar Singh Gautam, Adv. Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kr. Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Mahfooz A. Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Shaik Mohammad Haneef, Adv. Mr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Mr. K.V. Girish Chowdary, Adv. Ms. Rajeshwari Mukherjee, Adv. Ms. Niti Richariya, Adv. Ms. Anjali Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shagun Matia, AOR Dr. Joseph Aristotle S, AOR Ms. Nupur sharma, Adv. Mr. Shobhit Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Mahara,Adv. Ms. Vaidehi Rastogi, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
Applications for permission to appear and argue inperson are allowed.
Applications for intervention/impleadment are allowed with the observation that the parties would be allowed to address arguments.
In our opinion, the order of this Court dated 18.11.2015 viz. the penultimate paragraph requires a clarification. We do not think it is the intent of the said paragraph is that all writ petitions and proceedings before the High Courts would be stayed and no effective and required orders will be passed by the High Courts in cases pertaining to the stray dogs. The proceedings before the High Court have not been transferred to this court. We perceive and believe that there are and would be individual cases that raise grievance relating to the applicability and enforcement of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and The Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules, 2001 as well as the State Laws which may require urgent hearing and decisions would depend upon relevant prevailing facts in an area or location. Parties should not be compelled to approach this Court at Delhi, when the issues raised can be considered by the High Courts. Accordingly, in order to avoid any ambiguity and doubt, we clarify that the order dated 18.11.2015 does not bar or prohibit the authorities/ individuals including associations and organizations from approaching the jurisdictional High Courts for appropriate relief. The High Courts, will examine and deciding these
cases in accordance with law, and will keep in mind the orders passed by this Court and the precedents. If there is any violation of law, the parties are at liberty and should approach the jurisdictional High Court.
The High Court of Judicature at Bombay can hear and decide WP No. 9513/2021 in accordance with law. Similarly, the contempt petitions stated to pending before the High Court would be considered and decided in accordance with law. It is clarified that we have not expressed any opinion on merits including the contentions and pleas raised by the parties.
In view of the aforesaid, learned senior advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioner(s) in SLP(C) No. 2677/2022 states that nothing survives in the matter and accordingly, the petition is disposed of. Pending application thereto shall also stand disposed of.
Pendency of the present petitions/appeals would not come in the way of the High Court of Kerala deciding, In Re: Bruno matter [WP(C) No. 13204/2021]. It goes without saying that the orders/judgments passed by this Court as well as the law of precedents would be given due consideration.
Any party aggrieved by the orders passed by the High Court would be at liberty to file a special leave petition before this Court.
The Animal Welfare Board of India will file an affidavit enclosing therewith data/statistics with regard to
dog bites during the last seven years in different States and prominent cities of the States. The affidavit would also state the steps taken by them on different aspects/issues raised by the parties, and whether the local authorities have complied with and implemented the orders dated 18.11.2015 and 09.03.2016.
The Board shall indicate whether they would like this Court to directions to the States or local authorities with regard to enforcement of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and the applicable rules.
Liberty is also granted to the parties to give their suggestions.
Parties may file objections to Justice Siri Jagan Committee Report. Copy of the objections will be furnished to the contesting party, who may file their response.
Parties are also given liberty to file compilation of the relevant pleadings and documents.
List all these cases on a non-miscellaneous day in the month of February, 2023.
(SONIA BHASIN) (DIPTI KHURANA)
COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR
ITEM NO.21 COURT NO.9 SECTION III
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Civil Appeal No(s). 5988/2019
ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA Appellant(s)
VERSUS
PEOPLE FOR ELIMINATION OF STRAY TROUBLES. & ORS. Respondent(s)
(IA No. 74085/2018 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 89077/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 77765/2018 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 22823/2022 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 10871/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 10860/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
WITH
C.A. No. 5990/2019 (III)
C.A. No. 5991/2019 (III)
C.A. No. 5992/2019 (III) (FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 2/2015 FOR ON IA 3/2016 IA No. 2/2015 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES)
C.A. No. 6042/2019 (III) (FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING ON IA 1/2010 IA No. 1/2010 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)
C.A. No. 6551/2019 (IV-A) (FOR VACATING STAY ON IA 108994/2019 IA No. 108994/2019 - VACATING STAY)
C.A. No. 6552/2019 (IV-A) (and IA No.100795/2017-VACATING STAY and Statement of Objections filed on behalf of Respondent no. 3. IA No. 100795/2017 - VACATING STAY)
C.A. No. 6553/2019 (IV-A) (FOR VACATING STAY ON IA 108987/2019 FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 697/2021 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT ON IA 700/2021 IA No. 697/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 700/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT
IA No. 108987/2019 - VACATING STAY) C.A. No. 5930/2019 (XIV-A) W.P.(C) No. 599/2015 (PIL-W) (FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 1/2015 FOR ON IA 2/2015 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 3/2015 FOR ON IA 4/2015 FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 6/2016 FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 8/2016 FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 9/2016 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 10/2016 FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 11/2016 FOR ON IA 12/2016 FOR ON IA 13/2016 FOR ON IA 14/2016 IA No. 10/2016 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 3/2015 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 1/2015 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON IA No. 6/2016 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON IA No. 11/2016 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES IA No. 9/2016 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES IA No. 8/2016 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES) C.A. No. 5972/2019 (XI-A) (MR. V. K. BIJU, ADVOCATE IMPLEADING AS A PARTY RESPONDENT. and IA No.99975/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION IA No. 29261/2017 - IMPLEADMENT IA No. 2/2016 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON IA No. 99975/2017 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No. 805/2015 (PIL-W) (FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 1/2015 FOR ON IA 2/2015 FOR ON IA 3/2017 FOR ON IA 4/2017 FOR ON IA 5/2017 FOR ON IA 6/2017 FOR AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION ON IA 7/2017 FOR ON IA 8/2017 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 9/2017 FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT [Application for impleadment as party respondent] ON IA 47777/2017 and IA No.80873/2017-DELETING THE NAME OF RESPONDENT IA No. 7/2017 - AMENDMENT IN CAUSE TITLE IA No. 9/2017 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 47777/2017 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 1/2015 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON) C.A. No. 5947/2019 (XI-A) (FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 187131/2019
IA No. 187131/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)
C.A. No. 5950/2019 (XI-A)
C.A. No. 5949/2019 (XI-A)
C.A. No. 5956/2019 (XI-A)
C.A. No. 5951/2019 (XI-A)
C.A. No. 5952/2019 (XI-A)
C.A. No. 5953/2019 (XI-A)
C.A. No. 5955/2019 (XI-A)
(FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON ON IA 187109/2019 IA No. 187109/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON)
C.A. No. 5948/2019 (XI-A)
C.A. No. 5954/2019 (XI-A)
W.P.(C) No. 319/2020 (PIL-W)
(IA No. 24146/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)
W.P.(C) No. 1439/2019 (PIL-W) (FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 188586/2019 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 119635/2020 IA No. 119635/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 188586/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
SLP(C) No. 2677/2022 (IX) IA No. 108497/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)
C.A. No. 5989/2019 (III) (FOR ON IA 52426/2017)
W.P.(C) No. 808/2015 (PIL-W) (FOR DISPENSING WITH SERVICE OF NOTICE ON IA 2/2015 FOR ON IA 3/2016 IA No. 2/2015 - DISPENSING WITH SERVICE OF NOTICE)
Date : 12-10-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI
For Parties
Mr. Siddharath Luthra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Manisha T. Karia, AOR Mr. Sukhda Kalra, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Kumar, Adv. Petitioner-in-person Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Abdulla Naseeh V.T., Adv. Ms. Meena K. Poulose, Adv. Mr. Amol Chitale, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Subhojit Saha, Adv. Ms. Ruchira Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, Adv. Mr. K.M. Vignesh Ram, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv. Ms. Vaidhruti Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR Mr. Ajit Sharma, AOR Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, AOR Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR Mr. Rajesh Kandari, Adv. Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Chetanya Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Amlendu Kumar Akhilesh Kumar Jha, Adv. Dr. Ranjeet Bharti, Adv. Ms. Rubeena Jawed, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Hardeep Singh Anand, AOR Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amol Chitale, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Susheel Joseph Cyriac, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv. M/S. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR
Ms. Anushree Prashit Kapadia, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Simanta Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Varun Singh, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Mr. Shree Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Ms. Uma Devi. M, AOR Mr. Dinesh Kumar Garg, AOR Mr. Pahlad Singh Sharma, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Pervical Billimoria, Sr. Adv. Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, AOR Mr. Sourabh Malhotra, Adv. Ms. Ravita Sood, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Sharma, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha K. Garg, Adv. Ms. Nishtha Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Lovely Garg, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Ajit Bhasme, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Ratnesh Kumar Shukla, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mrs. D. Geetha, Adv. Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR Ms. Namrata Pulse, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Shantwanu Singh, Adv. Ms. Pragya Singh, Adv. Mr. Akshay singh, Adv. Mr. Chander Uday Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Ms. Surekha Raman, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham Roy, Adv. Mr. Vijay Valsan, Adv. M/S. K J John And Co, AOR Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Mohd. Apzal, Adv. Mr. K.M.Nataraj, ASG Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bhagla, Adv. Mr. Atul Yeshwant Chitale, Sr. Adv. Ms. Tanvi Kakar, Adv. Mrs. Suchitra Atul Chitale, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. E. C. Vidya Sagar, AOR Mr. Abhilash MR- Advocate Mr. Sayooj Mohandas. M Adv. Mr. Abhilash M.R., Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohandas, Adv.
Mr. Vishal Arun, AOR. Mr. Jyoti Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Amarnath Gupta, Adv. Mr. Jayant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Kumar Srivastava, Adv. Ilam Paridi, Adv. Mr. T.S. Sundaram, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Av. Mr. Aayush Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Vishal Arun, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Sureshan P., AOR Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Ms. Manisha T. Karia, AOR Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Prannoy Joe Sebastian, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Sourav Roy, AOR Mr. Suhas Kadam, Adv. M/S. Black & White Solicitors, AOR Mr. Satyam Thareja, AOR Mr. Ajay K. Agrawal, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Ms. Samriti Ahuja , Adv. Respondent-in-person Mr. Harsh Parashar, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupam Ngangom, Adv. Mr. Wahengbam Immanuel Meitei, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. T.K. Nayule, Adv. Mr. T. K. Nayak, Adv.
Mr. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR Ms. Shrutee Aradhana, Adv. Mr. D.Kumanan, AOR Ms. Racheeta Chawla, Adv. Ms. Divya Singh, Adv. Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Abbas B. Mr. Vinod Ghai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Ms. Kanika Ahuja, Adv. Ms. Kirti Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Mayank Dahiya, Adv. Ms. Priyanka C., Adv. Mr. S.. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Ms. Sweena Nair, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Mr. Ajay Singh, Adv. Mr. Ram Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR Mr. Nikhil Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. K.M. Natraj, ASG Mr. R.R. Rajesh, Adv. Mr. Sharad Singh, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. S.K. Singhania, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kr. Verma, Adv. Mr. T.S. Sabarish, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Juais. P, Adv. Mr. Prsanth K., Adv. M/S. Lead Counsel, AOR Ms. Manali Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Santosh Sachin, AOR Ms. Aanchal Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Deepak Singh Rawat, Adv. Mr. Vivek Sibal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Supriya Juneja, AOR Ms. A. Sahitya Veena, Adv. Ms. Esha Dutta, Adv. Mr. P.V. Dinesh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Raj Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ashwini Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Bineesh K, Yadav, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Ms. Pavani Mahalaxmi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Swati Jindal, AOR Ms. Prernaa Singh, Adv. Ms. Arushi Kulshrestha, Adv. Dr. L.S. Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chaudhar, Adv. Mr. D.S. Chauhary, Adv. Mr. Parambir Singh, Adv. Mr. Viresh Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Vishesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash, Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Ms. Vipasha Singh , AOR Mr. B. Karuna Karan, Adv. Dr. K. Kannan, Adv. Mr. K. Balambinai, Adv. Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR Mr. Romy Chacko, AOR Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR Mr. P. V. Surendranath, Sr. Adv. Mr. Subhash Chandran K.R., Adv. Mr. Krishna L.R., Adv. Mr. Sawan Shukla, Adv. Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Pushpita Basak, Adv. Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Ravinder Singh, Adv. Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Ms. Raveesha Gupta, Adv. Ms. Varnika Singh, Adv. Ms. Deeksha Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv. Ms. Deeksha Agarwal, Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Karthik S.D., Adv. Mr. C. Govind Venugopal, Adv. Mr. John Mathew, AOR Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Debmalya Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Kartik Bhatnagar, Adv. Mr. Rohan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anmol, Adv. Mr. Nicholas Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Shreesh Chadha, Adv. Ms. Esha Dutta, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Munawwar Naseem, AOR Ms. Sanjna Dua, Adv. Ms. Usha Nandini V., AOR Mr. M.S. Vishnu Sankar, Adv. Mr. Ravi, Adv. Mr. Alok Gupta, AOR Mr. S. C. Birla, AOR Mr. Vishnu Sharma, AOR Ms. Charu Sangwan, AOR Mr. Krishna Raj, Adv. Mr. Mohan V. Katarki, Sr. Adv. Mr. Subhashchandra Sagar, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Mohan, Adv. Mr. Hemant Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. E.C. Vidyasagar, AOR Nanita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vivek Sharma, Adv. Mr. Faeek Ulfarooq, Adv. Mr. Sachin Pahwa, Adv.
Ms. Pooja Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amitesh Chandra Mishra, Adv. Mr. Pratibha Yadav, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Yadav, Adv. Ms. Ankita Wadhwa, Adv. Ms. Lakshya Ruhalla, Adv. Ms. Radhika Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv Ms. Niharika Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Shweta Sand, Adv. Mr. Narendra Pal Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Bahl, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Raj, Adv. Mr. Rishi Kumar Singh Gautam, Adv. Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kr. Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Mahfooz A. Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Shaik Mohammad Haneef, Adv. Mr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Mr. K.V. Girish Chowdary, Adv. Ms. Rajeshwari Mukherjee, Adv. Ms. Niti Richariya, Adv. Ms. Anjali Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shagun Matia, AOR Dr. Joseph Aristotle S, AOR Ms. Nupur sharma, Adv. Mr. Shobhit Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Mahara,Adv.
Ms. Vaidehi Rastogi, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
Applications for permission to appear and argue inperson are allowed.
Applications for intervention/impleadment are allowed with the observation that the parties would be allowed to address arguments.
In our opinion, the order of this Court dated 18.11.2015 viz. the penultimate paragraph requires a clarification. We do not think it is the intent of the said paragraph is that all writ petitions and proceedings before the High Courts would be stayed and no effective and required orders will be passed by the High Courts in cases pertaining to the stray dogs. The proceedings before the High Court have not been transferred to this court. We perceive and believe that there are and would be individual cases that raise grievance relating to the applicability and enforcement of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and The Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules, 2001 as well as the State Laws which may require urgent hearing and decisions would depend upon relevant prevailing facts in an area or location. Parties should not be compelled to approach this Court at Delhi, when the issues raised can be considered by the High Courts. Accordingly, in order to avoid any ambiguity and doubt, we clarify that the order dated 18.11.2015 does not bar or prohibit the authorities/ individuals including associations and organizations from approaching the jurisdictional High Courts for appropriate relief. The High Courts, will examine and deciding these cases in accordance with law, and will keep in mind the orders passed by this Court and the precedents. If there is
any violation of law, the parties are at liberty and should approach the jurisdictional High Court.
The High Court of Judicature at Bombay can hear and decide WP No. 9513/2021 in accordance with law. Similarly, the contempt petitions stated to pending before the High Court would be considered and decided in accordance with law. It is clarified that we have not expressed any opinion on merits including the contentions and pleas raised by the parties.
In view of the aforesaid, learned senior advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioner(s) in SLP(C) No. 2677/2022 states that nothing survives in the matter and accordingly, the petition is disposed of. Pending application thereto shall also stand disposed of.
Pendency of the present petitions/appeals would not come in the way of the High Court of Kerala deciding, In Re: Bruno matter [WP(C) No. 13204/2021]. It goes without saying that the orders/judgments passed by this Court as well as the law of precedents would be given due consideration.
Any party aggrieved by the orders passed by the High Court would be at liberty to file a special leave petition before this Court.
The Animal Welfare Board of India will file an affidavit enclosing therewith data/statistics with regard to dog bites during the last seven years in different States and prominent cities of the States. The affidavit would also
state the steps taken by them on different aspects/issues raised by the parties, and whether the local authorities have complied with and implemented the orders dated 18.11.2015 and 09.03.2016.
The Board shall indicate whether they would like this Court to directions to the States or local authorities with regard to enforcement of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and the applicable rules.
Liberty is also granted to the parties to give their suggestions.
Parties may file objections to Justice Siri Jagan Committee Report. Copy of the objections will be furnished to the contesting party, who may file their response.
Parties are also given liberty to file compilation of the relevant pleadings and documents.
List all these cases on a non-miscellaneous day in the month of February, 2023.
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