<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stepped in to tackle menace of dog bite incidents, causing death by rabies by taking suo motu cognisance of a media report related to the untimely demise of a six-year-old girl child.</p><p>Terming the report as "very distrubing and alarming", a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said, every day, hundreds of dog bites were being reported in the city and on its outskirts, leading to rabies and ultimately, children and aged were falling prey to the dreadful disease.</p>.Delhi govt looking for long-term solution to stray dog menace: CM Rekha Gupta.<p>"We take suo motu cognisance of this news item," the bench said. </p><p>The bench asked the apex court registry to register the matter as a suo motu petition in public interest. </p><p>"Let this order be placed along with the news report before the Chief Justice of India for appropriate orders," the bench said. </p><p>The news report was related to the death of the six-year-old girl, who was attacked by a rabid stray dog, in the national capital. </p><p>"The news item contains some alarming and disturbing figures and facts," the bench said. </p><p>On July 15, while hearing a separate plea alleging harassment over feeding of community dogs in Noida, the apex court had asked the petitioner, "Why don't you feed them in your own house?" </p><p>The top court told the petitioner's counsel, "We should leave every lane, every road open for these large hearted people? There is all space for these animals, no space for humans. Why don't you feed them in your own house? Nobody is stopping you." </p><p>The court's observations had then come in a plea arising out of a March 2025 order of the Allahabad High Court. </p><p>The petitioner claimed harassment, as she was unable to feed community dogs in line with the Animal Birth Control Rules.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stepped in to tackle menace of dog bite incidents, causing death by rabies by taking suo motu cognisance of a media report related to the untimely demise of a six-year-old girl child.</p><p>Terming the report as "very distrubing and alarming", a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said, every day, hundreds of dog bites were being reported in the city and on its outskirts, leading to rabies and ultimately, children and aged were falling prey to the dreadful disease.</p>.Delhi govt looking for long-term solution to stray dog menace: CM Rekha Gupta.<p>"We take suo motu cognisance of this news item," the bench said. </p><p>The bench asked the apex court registry to register the matter as a suo motu petition in public interest. </p><p>"Let this order be placed along with the news report before the Chief Justice of India for appropriate orders," the bench said. </p><p>The news report was related to the death of the six-year-old girl, who was attacked by a rabid stray dog, in the national capital. </p><p>"The news item contains some alarming and disturbing figures and facts," the bench said. </p><p>On July 15, while hearing a separate plea alleging harassment over feeding of community dogs in Noida, the apex court had asked the petitioner, "Why don't you feed them in your own house?" </p><p>The top court told the petitioner's counsel, "We should leave every lane, every road open for these large hearted people? There is all space for these animals, no space for humans. Why don't you feed them in your own house? Nobody is stopping you." </p><p>The court's observations had then come in a plea arising out of a March 2025 order of the Allahabad High Court. </p><p>The petitioner claimed harassment, as she was unable to feed community dogs in line with the Animal Birth Control Rules.</p>
