India, Aug. 21 -- After massive protests over how to manage stray dogs in Delhi-NCR - and even an attack on the chief minister being linked to it - the issue will see its next big moment on Friday, August 22, when the Supreme Court decides if an earlier order for blanket removal of such dogs still holds.

A three-judge special bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria had on August 14 reserved its order, which it is set to deliver on August 22.

This intervention came after a two-judge bench on August 8 declared that authorities in Delhi and all its surrounding cities and towns must immediately start removing all stray dogs from all localities and relocate them to shelters. That bench had taken up the case on its own, s...