The Supreme Court will announce an important decision on Friday in which the disputed order has been challenged to hold all stray dogs from Delhi and four districts (Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad). This order was issued on 8 August and now the question is whether it will be stopped, revised or will be applicable.

Decision will be heard of three judges
A bench of three judges headed by Justice Vikram Nath (along with Justice Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjariya) will decide whether the order is completely banned or changes or retained.

August 8 order and its expansion
On August 8, a bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan ordered that all stray dogs be caught and kept in permanent shelters in eight weeks and should not be released on the streets again. Later in written order it was extended to Faridabad. Also, a 5,000 capacity shelter was instructed to build in eight weeks.

Dispute and objection
Controversy immediately arose over this order. Many NGOs and animal welfare groups said that it is against the ‘Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act’ and ‘Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules’. According to these rules, dogs have to be sterilized and vaccinated and left back to the same area, not to close in shelters on a large scale.

Chief Justice changed benches
After the criticism and in view of the new petitions, Chief Justice BR Gavai withdrew the case from the Pardiwala bench and handed over to a large bench of three judges (under the leadership of Justice Nath). The bench held a long hearing on August 14 and reserved the verdict, which will now be pronounced on Friday.

Court displeasure at hearing
During the hearing, the big bench reprimanded the Delhi government and the municipal corporations that they are not implementing their own rules. The court said that both the safety and animal welfare of humans are being affected. The court asked the Delhi government whether it would follow the law or not.

Arguments of government and opposition parties
Giving examples of attacks on children and deaths from dog bytes, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that immediate intervention is necessary. He said that dogs do not have to kill, but it is necessary to separate, sterilize and treat. At the same time, many senior lawyers including Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Siddharth Luthra said on behalf of the NGOs that this order is illegal and invalid. He showed his statistics of the government that there was no death due to the recent dog byte in Delhi, which exposes the baselessness of the order.

Animal welfare conditions in order
In the written order issued on 11 August, the shelter should not have cruelty with dogs, should not be hungry, congestion should be avoided, weak dogs should be kept away and veterinary-related conditions were also added. Also, adoption was allowed to adopt with the approval of the Animal Welfare Board, but there was a direction of “strict action” on leaving the adopted dogs on the road.

Why the matter started
The whole matter arose when a six -year -old girl died of rabies after a dog bites. The Pardiwala bench had said that the incidents of dog byte are showing “worrying patterns” and local bodies have failed to ensure safety of public places.

Chief Justice (CJI) Bhushan Ramakrishna Gawai has said that no senior advocate will be allowed to list the cases in his court according to urgency or mention of the case from August 11. CJI Gavai wants junior lawyers to get a chance. On Wednesday (August 6, 2025), CJI BR Gavai directed the court master to take out notice in this regard.

According to PTI report, CJI Gavai said, “There is a lot of demand that no case should be mentioned by senior advocates.” He asked the court personnel to issue a notice that from Monday, no senior lawyer would be allowed to list the case in his court and mention cases for hearing.

Chief Justice Gawai said, ‘No senior advocate i.e. senior advocate will be allowed to mention cases from Monday. Junior lawyers should be given an opportunity to do so.

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who was present in the court to mention a case, said that if it applies to all senior advocates then he has no problem. The Chief Justice said, “At least it will be followed in my court.” He said that it depends on other judges of the Supreme Court whether they adopt this method or not.

Usually, lawyers refer to their matters before the bench headed by the Chief Justice to make a list of cases and hear cases based on urgency.

Earlier, CJI BR Gawai had resumed the practice of listening to the lawyers immediately and verbal mention of cases for hearing, which was closed during the tenure of former Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna. Former CJI Sanjeev Khanna had asked the lawyers to immediately list cases and send them an email or written letter, prohibiting the process of listening to the cases and verbal mentioning for their hearing.

Opposition political parties of India Block on Sunday (July 27, 2025) targeted the Election Commission (ECI) of the Election Commission (ECI) on the special intensive revision (SIR) process of the voter list in Bihar. Other opposition parties, including the Congress, held a press conference and accused the Election Commission of cutting the names of voters of the voter list in Bihar. He said that the SIR process released in Bihar is completely unclear, wrong figures and ego of the institution.

At the same time, senior Congress party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi has demanded to stop this process immediately, citing data released under the SIR process in Bihar. Singhvi said, “According to the data received by the Election Commission, more than 63 lakh voters have not been detected in Bihar, including dead voters, permanently leaving Bihar and other reasons. So this process should be stopped immediately.”

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Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, “This process released by the Election Commission in Bihar is not only affected by the voters of India block, but also the voters associated with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).” He clearly talked about taking this matter in front of people.

The MP said, “This whole process is full of institutional ego. This process is completely unclear and full of many mistakes. It is not the process being done in any way to improve the voter list, but the name of voters is being extracted from the list through this process in the name of verification.”

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At the same time, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha in Rajya Sabha said that ambiguity has become the identity of the functioning of the Election Commission. The names of 63 lakh voters are being considered from the voter list of Bihar and it is also being said that the names of more voters can be added to it. So this is being done to snatch people’s right to vote completely. ”

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The Congress has given a serious reaction to the statement of ‘election boycott’ given by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav regarding Bihar assembly elections. The party said on Saturday that this warning of Tejashwi Yadav indicates that fair election conditions are not being created in the state.

The issue of boycott is still ‘premature’

Senior Congress leader and spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the issue of election boycott is still ‘pre -pre -‘, but if such a collective decision is taken, it will raise a big question on the credibility of the Election Commission.

He said, “This is an important question, which is still premature. Don’t see the statement, look at the spirit behind it … The feeling behind it is pain, pain, anger. That is that we are completely ready, but why the ground is unilateral, uneven, this is its message.”

Tejashwi accused about SIR

Significantly, Tejashwi Yadav recently warned that if the process of special intensive revision of the voter list is not withdrawn, the RJD can boycott the upcoming assembly elections if the process of special intensive revision of the list is not withdrawn. They allege that this process can become a means of removing the names of many new voters from the voter list or not to include them, which can cause damage to the opposition parties.

There is a possibility of holding assembly elections in Bihar between October-November this year. In such a situation, the increasing dispute over the voter list can increase the conflict between the opposition and the Election Commission.

The Congress made it clear that it is fully ready to contest the election, but it cannot compromise on the fairness of the democratic process. Singhvi indicated that if the opposition parties have to take a big decision together, then the Congress will also be ready for it.

Now it will be interesting to see whether the opposition parties unite and pressurize the Election Commission on this issue, and how the commission reacts to this warning.