In the Stray Dogs case , the Supreme Court today allowed all victims of dog bite incidents to intervene in the matter without having to make a monetary deposit as a pre-condition.

Notably, individuals and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) espousing the cause of dogs were earlier directed to deposit Rs.25000 and Rs.2 lakhs respectively with the Registry of the Court as a pre-condition for intervention in the suo motu case. The amount deposited was to be utilized for the creation of infrastructure and facilities for stray dogs under the aegis of the respective municipal bodies.

Today, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria permitted intervention in the case by the victims, without any such condition. The order was dictated thus,

"Intervention applications

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