India, Aug. 12 -- A first information report (FIR) was lodged on Tuesday against people who were protesting at India Gate in Delhi to protest against the Supreme Court order on stray dogs, police said.

The FIR was filed under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 223 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by the public servant).

The Supreme Court on Monday directed that all stray dogs in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) be rounded up within eight weeks and housed in dedicated dog shelters to be set up by civic authorities, making it clear that no captured animal will be released back on the streets.

Following the order, animal rights activists, rescuers and dog lovers gathered at the India Gate in large numbers to protest ...