New Delhi: The undercurrent in the Supreme Magistrate became heated during the hearing on stray dog management when the noon magistrate expressed strong displeasure over remarks made by BJP leader and former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi.
What did the Supreme Magistrate say?
However, the noon magistrate has refrained from initiating contempt of magistrate proceedings versus her for now. During the hearing, Justice Vikram Nath, commenting sharply on the arguments of Maneka Gandhi's lawyer, said that Ajmal Kasab had not single-minded contempt of court, but his vendee had.
The seat of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, and N.V. Anjaria unmistakably stated that Maneka Gandhi had made "all sorts of comments" regarding the court's orders, and this self-mastery amounts to contempt. The seat said that the magistrate was not initiating contempt proceedings at this stage only due to its "magnanimity."
What happened in the Supreme Court?
During the hearing, Justice Sandeep Mehta directly questioned senior well-wisher Raju Ramachandran, seeming for Maneka Gandhi, well-nigh her role in upkeep typecasting for addressing the stray dog problem when she herself was a Union Minister. The seat moreover clarified that the scuttlebutt well-nigh fixing peccancy on those who feed dogs was made not in jest, but with well-constructed seriousness. The magistrate had indicated on January 13 that states could be ordered to pay heavy bounty in dog zest cases, and the responsibility of dog feeders would moreover be determined.
"You are asking the magistrate to exercise restraint, but have you seen your client's comments? She has made statements versus everyone without thinking. Have you seen her soul language?" the seat asked in a sharp pointer to Raju Ramachandran.
To this, Ramachandran replied that he had moreover represented terrorist Ajmal Kasab and that upkeep typecasting is a matter of policy.
The Supreme Magistrate moreover expressed snooping that the rules regarding stray animals have not been properly implemented for the past five years. The magistrate questioned the inaction of municipal persons and state governments.
What is Maneka Gandhi's stance on the issue?
Maneka Gandhi has previously opposed the "forceful approach" versus stray dogs. She has maintained that the problem is not the dogs themselves, but the failure of municipal bodies. According to her, sterilization programs are limited to paper, waste management is failing, and hospitals are dumping waste in the open. Therefore, blaming the dogs is not a solution to the problem. Currently, the Supreme Magistrate is hearing this case.
