The Supreme Court on Monday expressed grave concerns overing the growing menace of dog bites in the country, after a lawyer appeared with an injured hand due to the same.
The bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices Manoj Misra and PS Narasimha started the discussion on dog bites as soon as the lawyer walked in the court.
“What happened,” CJI asked, to which the lawyer replied, “I was surrounded and bitten by five dogs,” Bar and Bench reported.
CJI asked where did the incident happened and offered to provide immediate medical help if needed. “If you need medical attention I can ask the registry to look into this,” the CJI said.
The CJI also said that his law clerk was parking his car when a dog attacked him.
Justice Narasimha said that “this is becoming a menace,” according to Bar and Bench.
“There was a case in UP. A boy was bitten by dog. He got rabies and he was seen in lap of his father dying. The doctor and the father were completely helpless,” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said adding to the discussion.
Earlier this year too, the apex court in July said that there was a need to find a solution to the consistent problem of stray dogs in India.
Teenage boy dies of rabies in UP
This comes days after a teenage boy died of rabies after he hid a dog bite from his parents for over a month out of fear of being scolded.
Fourteen-year-old Shahvaz died on Monday evening when he was being brought back to Ghaziabad from Bulandshahr, where he was taken for treatment after his condition deteriorated.
“He contracted rabies and started behaving abnormally and stopped eating on September 1. On being asked, he told his family members that he had been bitten by their neighbour’s dog,” police said.
Rise in dog attacks
News on dogs attacking people in residential buildings, parks, babies being mauled by them have become commonplace. While animal welfare organisations have questioned the veracity of some of the dog attack incidents, people have been complaining on social media about the growing menace.
A survey conducted by LocalCircles shows that 82% of respondents agree that attacks by dogs or pets are common in their area, city or district. Nearly 51% indicated that attacks by stray dogs is common; 3% said attacks by pet dogs are common; 28% stated attacks by both stray dogs and pet dogs are more while only 17% said they are non-existent or rare.
Compared to last year’s survey, there has been a 31% increase in the complaints of dog attacks, taking the tally to 82%.
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