India, Aug. 13 -- The Supreme Court has formed a larger bench to hear the matter after an order for blanket "removal" of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR led to a major uproar. The hearing before the three-judge bench is set for Thursday, August 14.

Earlier, the two-judge bench which ruled that all strays be removed and shifted to shelters had set its next hearing for four weeks later. The matter, however, is now set to be heard by a bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria much before that, as per scheduled shared in a LiveLaw report.

In the two-judge bench order, issued on August 11, the SC told authorities to round up stray dogs, starting with 5,000 dogs in the next six to eight weeks. The order further stated that under no...