Stray Dog Menace: Furious SC Summons All Chief Secretaries, Slams States For Non-Compliance

This special report focuses on the Supreme Court's hearing on the escalating stray dog menace in India, where a special bench including Justice Vikramnath expressed severe dissatisfaction with state governments. The court observed that, 'country is being shown as bad in other countries.' Following up on its August 22 order which mandated the sterilization and kenneling of stray dogs, the apex court noted that almost no states had filed the required compliance reports after eight weeks. The only exceptions mentioned were the MCD, and the governments of West Bengal and Telangana. In a significant move, the court has now summoned the chief secretaries of all non-compliant states and union territories to be personally present to explain the delay, warning that coercive measures could be imposed.