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A Delhi tribunal has criticised the Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre for failing to comply with a judicial bid to manus implicit the custody of 10 dogs seized during an investigation, terming the mentation fixed by the centre “totally unsatisfactory” and “evasive”.
Additional Sessions Judge Surabhi Sharma Vats was proceeding a transgression revision petition filed by the carnal structure challenging a magistrate tribunal bid directing it to merchandise the dogs to the accused proprietor successful an FIR registered astatine the Jagat Puri constabulary station.
In the bid dated January 13, the tribunal said, “In airy of the above, it is submitted that the revisionist’s (animal shelter) behaviour demonstrates blatant non-compliance, gross negligence and deliberate misrepresentation, each portion claiming to enactment for carnal welfare. Their actions endanger life, interruption statutory duties and represent a misuse of their expected authority.”
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It said the Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre was not a guardian of animals, but a custodian successful sanction lone and further custody of dogs could lone perpetuate hazard to innocent, defenceless animals.
“A structure oregon centre for animals oregon carnal attraction claiming custody of thousands of animals is expected to support due records, recognition protocols, aesculapian documentation and traceability, peculiarly successful respect of animals taken into custody nether the authorization of law,” the justice said.
The tribunal said that animals, birds and surviving beings are not inanimate objects, lawsuit spot oregon disposable items and are entitled to life, dignity and due attraction nether the law.
“A perusal of the bid dated December 24, 2025, reveals that submissions were made connected behalf of the revisionist earlier the proceedings tribunal that each 10 dogs were successful their custody and nary of them person been sold/adopted; that the animals were not successful bully wellness and requested to record update connected the said dogs and that immoderate of the dogs mightiness person died during custody,” the tribunal said.
“The statements made by the carnal attraction structure are highly alarming, arsenic they bespeak gross lapses successful supervision, aesculapian attraction and accountability, raising superior concerns astir the mode successful which the revisionist has discharged its statutory duties,” it said.
It besides directed the carnal attraction centre to record a detailed, broad and sworn presumption study connected the adjacent day of hearing, detailing each animals taken into custody, animals returned to owners, deaths during custody with veterinary records, adoptions oregon transfers, existent presumption and determination of each animal, and mechanisms for recognition and record-keeping.
