New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the state governments for not filing an affidavit complying to its August 22 order on stray dogs. The top court said that India's image has been hit globally due to the stray dog menace.

A three-judge special bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria noted that only the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and states of West Bengal and Telangana have filed their compliance affidavits in pursuance to the apex court's August 22 order.

"Yet no reply (has come) from state governments. Your country is being portrayed in a bad light internationally!" the top court said a quoted by NDTV. The bench was hearing a suo motu case relating to stray dogs. Read Also Caught On Camera: 8-Year-Old Boy Attacked, Dragged By Stary Dogs

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