India, Aug. 13 -- Hours after Chief Justice of India BR Gavai assured to re-examine the Supreme Court order that directed a relocation of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR to shelters, the matter has been referred to a larger bench, which will hear the case on Thursday.

Acting on the directions of Chief Justice Gavai, a three-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, and NV Anjaria will hear the case.

Seeking urgent listing, advocate Nanita Sharma informed Justice Gavai that there had been two conflicting rulings on the issue by the Supreme Court and an earlier bench had asked for the implementation of the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023, which state that sterilised and vaccinated stray dogs should be returned to the same localit...