Taking note of an “alarming rise” in dog bite incidents within institutional areas such as educational institutions, hospitals and railway stations, the Supreme Court on Friday directed immediate shifting of stray canines to designated shelters after due sterilisation and vaccination.

A three-judge Bench led by Justice Vikram Nath made it clear that the stray dogs picked up shall not be released back to the same location from which they were removed.

“We have consciously directed the non-release of such stray dogs to the same location from which they were picked up, as permitting the same would frustrate the very effect of the directions issued to liberate such institutional areas from the presence of stray dogs,” said the Bench, which also included Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice NV A

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