India, July 28 -- The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of a news report about rabies cases caused by bites from stray dogs and the increasing number of infant deaths due to the disease.

Justice JB Pardiwala said that the facts mentioned in the news reports and alarming and disturbing.

"This is a highly disturbing news report titled "City hounded by strays and kids pay price". It contains extremely troubling details. There are reports of hundreds of dog bite incidents from both cities and peripheral areas, many of which have led to rabies infections. Ultimately, it is infants and senior citizens who are falling prey to this deadly disease," the court noted in its order.

Justice Pardiwala then proceeded to take suo motu c...