Gujarat High Court Bar Body Writes To Chief Justice Over Stray Dog Attack On Lawyer Inside Court Premises

The Gujarat High Court Advocate's Association (GHCAA) has raised serious concerns over the menace by stray dogs within the High Court premises following an incident on January 5 (Monday) wherein an advocate is stated to have suffered a dog bite within the court premises. 

Following the incident, President of GHCAA, senior advocate Yatin N Oza on Tuesday (January 6) wrote a representation to High Court Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal highlighting the surge in such incidents wherein four to five such menace of stray dogs was reported in December, 2025 alone.

The letter states that despite earlier such representations, "the situation has worsened and gone out of control". 

The letter mentions that the advocate who suffered the dog bite on Monday was rushed to the hospital, where he was treated but due to the severity of the injury, the doctor was compelled to administer stitches and eight injections.

The letter states that several advocates have narrowly escaped such situations, including an incident where an advocate was surrounded by four stray dogs inside the chamber building and that the stray dogs are frequently seen roaming freely in and around the open areas of the High Court premises.

"I would earnestly request you to be kind enough to forthwith ask the campus director or any officer whom-your Ladyship deems fit to see that stray dogs are removed from High Court campus at the earliest. There is a lot of discontent and anger prevailing amongst the members of the bar because of uncontrolled movements of stray dogs in the premises of the High Court which endangers the physical safety and security of an advocate so also litigants and support staff of the advocates," the letter adds. 

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