The Supreme Court bench has commented that the states have to pay a huge price for every dog bite. The court continued the hearing on Tuesday on the increasing incidents of dog bites in the country. It reprimanded the states for not taking any steps to prevent dog bite incidents.
It has been stated that if this continues, the states will have to pay a huge price for every dog bite. Was there an injury or death due to a dog bite? It has warned that it is possible to order the states to pay huge compensation for every dog bite incident, regardless of whether the victims are children or the elderly. It has also stated that those who feed the dogs will also have to be responsible for these incidents.
Justice Vikram Nath said that the investigation into dog bite incidents is not proceeding as a court process, but has become a public forum. “We should take some time to find out whether the states and union territories have any action plan to prevent dog bite incidents. We will only see to the implementation of legal rules. Let us do that. This has become a public forum rather than a court investigation. For every dog bite, for every dog bite death, we are likely to impose a huge compensation burden on the states. Because the states are not taking necessary steps to prevent dog bites. Those who feed dogs are responsible for dog bite incidents,” the court said.
The court responded to Advocate Maneka Guruswamy’s comment that the issue of stray dogs is an emotional one. The court also sarcastically stated that ‘for a long time, emotions seemed to be only for dogs’. Maneka responded that that was not the point, and that she was equally concerned about humans. The court responded to that again and said, ‘Well, that’s good. Do something. Keep dogs in your house,’ with some anger.
Meanwhile, the last hearing on the dog bite incidents was held on January 9. The court first responded to the increasing number of dog bite incidents in the country on November 7 last year. At that time, the government ordered that the dogs be taken from the institution and kept in special shelters.
