PIL highlighting dog bites in Ladakh
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) highlighting rise in dog bite cases in Ladakh, a Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court comprising Chief Justice N Kotiswar Singh and Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi has directed respondent authorities to ensure strict adherence to the course mentioned in the status report and take all the necessary and appropriate steps for implementation and submit the action taken report thereof by the next date of hearing.
When the PIL came-up for hearing, DB observed, “respondents have filed their status report, copy whereof has been furnished to the petitioner in the open court. The status report filed by the respondents inter-alia reveals that the authorities have charted out the future course of action to mitigate the problem faced by the general public due to serious inconveniences and harm caused by the stray dogs”, adding “we are of the view that if the respondents take appropriate actions in terms of this proposal, many of the problems relating to menace caused by stray dogs can be addressed as an interim measure”.
Accordingly, DB directed the respondent authorities to ensure strict adherence to the course mentioned in status report and take all the necessary and appropriate steps for its implementation and submit the action taken report thereof by the next date of hearing with an advance copy to the other side.
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