New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories, except West Bengal and Telangana, to appear before it on November 3 to explain why they have not filed their compliance affidavits in the stray dogs matter.

A three-judge special bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria observed that, so far, only the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the states of West Bengal and Telangana have submitted their compliance reports pursuant to the apex court’s August 22 order.

The bench, while hearing a suo motu case relating to stray dogs, slammed the other states and UTs for not filing the compliance affidavits, saying its August 22 order contained everything. 

The apex court had on August 22 expanded the scope of the stray dogs case beyond the confines of Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and directed that all states and Union Territories be made parties in the matter.

In its August 22 order, the top court had modified its earlier direction prohibiting the release of vaccinated stray dogs from pounds in Delhi-NCR, calling it "too harsh" and ordered the canines to be released post-sterilisation and de-worming.

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