The Court was informed that the HC order came in a private suit filed between two individuals who had a dispute over feeding dogs inside their property. The bench noted that the March 4 order was passed on a petition filed by Humane Foundation for People and Animals (HFPA) which challenged the Delhi high court’s Jorder despite not being a party to the proceedings before the high court. (Picture for representation only/HT Archive)Ī bench of justices UU Lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia passed the order while dealing with applications filed by several animal welfare organizations which claimed that pursuant to the stay imposed by the top court on March 4, animal lovers were being restrained from providing food and water to stray dogs, resulting in the latter’s death.

Several animal welfare organisations told the apex court, saying that pursuant to the stay imposed by the top court on March 4, animal lovers were being restrained from providing food and water to stray dogs.

The Supreme Court on Thursday paved the way for stray dogs to be fed at designated feeding spots in colonies after it stayed its own order passed two months which put on hold a direction by the Delhi high court issuing elaborate guidelines to this effect.

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