New Delhi, May 19 -- Linking the issue of stray dog menace to the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held that citizens have a right to live with dignity and move freely in public spaces without fear of dog bites and violent attacks, while ordering the authorities to euthanise rabid, incurably ill and demonstrably dangerous or aggressive stray dogs in accordance with law.
Observing that incidents of dog bites and stray dog attacks were occurring across the country with "alarming frequency and severity", a Bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, and N V Anjaria said the consequences were not merely statistical but carried grave human, societal, and public health implications.
"The right t...