India, Aug. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Friday asked states and Union territories to amend their laws to prevent stray cattle on roads and frame schemes to compensate pedestrians and motorists killed or injured in bovine attacks and accidents.

A bench of justice Sanjay Karol and justice N Kotiswar Singh said, "It is commonplace to see reports in newspapers regarding bovine-related incidents and accidents.accidents with a direct and proximate bovine cause are not few and far between."

Dealing with a 2007 incident in Sangrur, Punjab, where a stray bull attacked a man who sustained head injuries and later died, the bench directed the state to award a lump sum compensation of Rs.15 lakh to the widow, holding that the order shall not be treate...