New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- The Supreme Court on Friday declined the request of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to seeking exemption of physical appearance of Chief Secretaries of states and Union Territories in the stray dog menace case.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta refused to allow the Chief Secretaries to appear virtually, as requested by the Solicitor General.

"No, let them come physically. It's very unfortunate that court is wasting time here trying to deal with the problems, which should have been addressed by the Municipal Corporation, by the state governments over the years... Parliament frames rules, no action is taken," said Justice Nath.

It added, "We require them to file compliance affidavit, they are sleeping...