The Karnataka High Court on Thursday warned NGOs, authorised to implement Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme in the city, that it would ask the government to stop funding them if they don't respond to its notices.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice B.V. Nagarathna passed the order observing that the NGOs did not respond to notices issued by the High Court on a public interest litigation by five-year-old Jishnu, a victim of stray dog bite, complaining about the effectiveness of the ABC programme being implemented, and seeking compensation.
The Bench gave the last chance for the NGOs to respond to the notices issued to them.
During the hearing, the Bench wanted to know the method adopted by the NGOs and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in exterminating dangerous or feral stray dogs. The Bench orally said the BBMP should have compensated the boy and disagreed with the contention of civic authority's counsel that it cannot pay as the State has not made such provision.
The BBMP had initially claimed that the dog, in this instance, was provoked by the boy and his parents should have been more careful; hence there was no negligence on the part of the authorities.
But it later withdrew this contention after the court expressed its displeasure for putting forward such reasons.
