the police authorities to detain the stray dogs and direction to the municipal commissioner to relocate stray dogs out of city in accordance with a previous order which was passed for mumbaifull bench judgment dated 19122008 passed by the principal bench of the bombay high court at mumbai which made a harmonious construction to give effect to both the local municipal laws as well as rules of 2001 and allow killing of dogs in certain cases has been stayed by the supreme court the hc direction that is clearly in contravention of rule 7 of the 2001 rules which mandate that the dogs shall be released in the same area from where they were capturedthe sc had on october 12 stated the high courts will examine and deciding these cases in accordance with law and will keep in mind the orders passed by this court and the precedents the slp said the hc should have considered that nagpur may have lakhs of stray dogs and restricting citizens from feeding strays as well as penalizing them for doing so in these circumstances will obviously put the lakhs of voiceless animals to the danger of death due to starvation it is not the case of any of the parties that the municipal as well as other government authorities are capable of and are feeding all the stray dogs in the city of nagpur said the slp adding a natural consequence would then apart from starvation be diseases violent nature and increased cases of dog bitesmoreover there is no provision of law which restricts or prohibits citizens of any area throughout the territory of india to feed stray dogs it is a matter of fact that like any other living being the stray dogs need food and water for survival the impugned order is also in contravention of several guidelines issued by the animal welfare board of india for feeding stray dogs and such guidelines have also been upheld by the supreme court in the matter of humane foundation for people and animals vs animal welfare board of india ors the hc ought not to have directed police to step in under provisions of the police act when the prevention of cruelty to animals act is a special legislation besides dog feeders or animal welfare organization were not party or heard by the hc says the slp what the hc order by justices s b shukre and a l pansare saidwe direct in general that no citizen and no resident of nagpur and areas surrounding it shall feed or make any attempt to feed the stray dogs in public places gardens etc municipal commissioner of nagpur municipal corporation to ensure that no such feeding at public places any person interested in feeding stray dogs shall first adopt the strays bring them home register it with municipal authorities or put it in some dog shelter home and then shower his love and affection on it by feeding and looking after it in