India, May 19 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed all applications as well as pleas for modification and recall of its November 2025 order on relocation, sterilisation of stray dogs.

The court also authorised authorities to take legally permissible measures, "including euthanasia in case of rabid and dangerous dogs", to curb threats to human life, according to an earlier HT report on the hearing.

In its November 2025 order, the Supreme Court had modified an earlier order and directed all states and UTs to remove stray dogs from institutional premises and prohibited their re-release into such locations after sterilisation, holding that allowing their return would "frustrate the very object" of ensuring safe public spaces.

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