New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to intervene immediately against rules framed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) relating to stray dogs, observing that it would "play a video" at the next hearing to test competing claims concerning humane treatment.

As senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who appeared in the stray dogs case, said that "inhuman" treatment was being meted out to them, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said, "a video will be played in the next hearing, asking you what is humanity".

The suo motu case on the stray-dog menace, which was scheduled to be listed before a three-judge bench today, was cancelled. Sibal asked the bench to hear the matter on Friday, but the apex court sai...