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The Delhi High Court connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025) directed authorities to guarantee continued aesculapian attraction for a six-year-old lad who was severely injured successful a pitbull onslaught successful northwest Delhi past month, and sought a presumption study from the constabulary connected steps taken pursuant to an FIR registered against the proprietor of the dog.
Justice Sachin Datta took enactment of the information that erstwhile complaints had been made regarding the aforesaid pitbull, but nary enactment was taken. A section nonmigratory had lodged a ailment successful July this year, and different kid was reportedly bitten past year.
The tribunal recorded that an FIR was registered connected November 23 pursuing the latest incident, and asked the constabulary to instrumentality “expeditious steps” with respect to the FIR.
During the hearing, counsel for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Mr. Tushar Sannu, stated that the carnal was unregistered and had been seized connected the time of the incident.
The tribunal asked the Delhi authorities to clarify what measures beryllium nether the regulations for dealing with specified incidents, observing: “Do the regulations contemplate immoderate enactment to beryllium taken against the proprietor of the dog? Tell me, what are the consequences if thing similar this happens?...You person to instrumentality measures to forestall this menace.”
The tribunal directed that the canine should not beryllium released until capable safeguards are enactment successful spot “to guarantee that a akin incidental does not recur,”
It directed Safdarjung Hospital, wherever the kid was admitted and aboriginal discharged, to proceed providing indispensable attraction to the kid and guarantee that each due aesculapian steps are taken.
On the question of the outgo of hospitalisation and related expenditures, the tribunal said, “It volition beryllium due for the proprietor of the canine to carnivore the expenses. We volition contented that absorption adjacent time. Let him look earlier the court,” portion issuing announcement to the owner.
The petition, moved by the child’s begetter done advocator Avadh Kaushik, states that the boy, Devansh Kumar, a pre-school LKG student, was attacked connected November 23 portion playing extracurricular his location successful the Kirari–Nangloi area. The dog, owned by Rajesh Pal, allegedly dragged the kid crossed the thoroughfare and spot disconnected his near ear, causing aggregate superior injuries.
Mr. Kaushik, who has taken the lawsuit pro bono, said the father, Mr Dinesh Kumar Roy, is simply a daily-wage labourer earning and surviving with his woman and 2 insignificant sons successful an economically weaker conception neighbourhood, and the begetter is incapable to conscionable mounting aesculapian expenses.
