Kerala High Court Forwards Pleas Over Stray Dog Menace To Supreme Court, Retains Matters Seeking Compensation For Dog Bites

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (September 11) directed its Registrar General to transmit records of pleas relating to stray dog menace in the State to the Supreme Court, following the Top Court's recent decision to formulate a national policy on the issue.

While staying a division bench direction to not release stray dogs picked up from Delhi National Capital region for vaccination, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court had expanded the scope of the matter pan-India and had decided to transfer to itself similar petitions pending in High Courts.

It is following this direction that Justice C S Dias forwarded the batch of writ petitions. However, the judge has retained cases pertaining to compensation payable to victims of stray dog attack.

The High Court had previously stayed State's decision to implement euthanasia of stray dogs under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Animal Husbandry Practice and Procedures) Rules, 2023.

Case Title - Keerthana Sarin v State of Kerala and Connected Cases

Case No - WP(C) 21206/ 2025 and connected cases

Amicus Curiae - Deepak P