Counsel: Dog feeders understand dog behavior. Can... ... Stray Dog Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing

Counsel: Dog feeders understand dog behavior. Can identify sick dogs. Feeding eliminates scavenging, fights...no disease spread happens. Rs.18250 per dog per year is cost of feeding. Why are we trying to remove dogs? This money can be used to remove people (like orphans) from pavements. Feeders are doing public function. Rule 20 of ABC rule...there's legislative intent...constitutional right also. I am falling under all of that as a feeder. Even Tanzania reduced dog population and bites. Empathy can't be punished.

Adv Kishore Shinde (for Mumbai animal lovers): Delhi has carried out rabies free city initiative. There should be tortious liability. Medical negligence should be addressed. In Times of India article based on which this case was taken up, medical negligence can be seen. If rabies was rightly tackled, it could have been cured. Entire petition taken up on media article, Times of India necessary party, if enquiry to be undertaken.