The Supreme Court on Friday (October 31) refused to accept the request of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the chief secretaries of states, except West Bengal and Telangana, be allowed to appear virtually before the court on November 3 in the stray dogs case.

Mehta mentioned the matter before a bench, consisting of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, which made it clear that the chief secretaries had to appear physically before the court on November 3.

'No respect for court order'

While hearing the suo motu case related to stray dogs, Justice Nath lamented that secretaries showed no respect for the court order, as no one had filed the compliance affidavits and therefore ordered them to appear before the court. "When we require them to come and file a compliance affidavit, they ar

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