The Supreme Court will be hearing a suo motu case relating to stray dogs on 27 October, Monday.

The apex court had on 22 August expanded the scope of the stray dogs case beyond the confines of Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and directed that all states and Union Territories be made parties in the matter.

Four separate pleas related to the issue are also listed for hearing on the same day. Also Read | Maharashtra news: 3-year-old girl brutally mauled to death by pack of stray dogs

In its order passed on 22 August, the apex court had modified its earlier direction in which it had prohibited the release of vaccinated stray dogs from pounds in Delhi-NCR, calling it "too harsh" and ordered the canines to be released post sterilisation and de-worming.

While pronouncing the orde

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