India, Sept. 24 -- The Delhi High Court has directed two feuding neighbours to serve pizzas and buttermilk to children at a government-run childcare institution, as a condition for quashing cross FIRs registered against each other over handling their pets.

A bench of justice Arun Monga, in his August 19 order, observed that the fight was private in nature and the continuation of a criminal case in the matter would serve no useful purpose. In its four-page order, the court said that quashing the FIRs would "promote cordiality and bonhomie between the neighbours."

The dispute arose on May 5, when two neighbours confronted each other over their pets, leading to a fight and cross complaints at the Mansarovar Park police station. The FIRs in...