FPJ Legal: High Court takes suo moto cognizance; issue notices to Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary of UAD Collector, BMC Commissioner

Bhopal/Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): High Court, principal bench Jabalpur, has taken sumo moto cognizance in case of dog bite incidence of Bagsewania, Bhopal. The court has issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Principal secretary of Urban Administration Development, Bhopal Collector and Bhopal Municipal Corporation Commissioner and sought reply in 4 weeks.

Stray dog attacked a three year old girl in Bagsewania on Saturday.

Double bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Purushendra Kumar Kaurav, during hearing on Monday, issued notices to the officials and sought reply in the matter.

The High Court has asked the state government why such incidents are happening again and again and what measures have been taken to deal with them. Along with this, the High Court has also asked how can such incidents be controlled? The High Court has sought a reply in this matter in four weeks.

The High Court has also directed the state government to provide all necessary treatment and other facilities to the injured girl child. It is noteworthy that on January 1, a three-year-old girl of a laborer working in an under-construction house was playing in Anjali Vihar Phase-2 of Bagsewania, capital Bhopal, when a herd of stray dogs suddenly attacked the girl and she was badly injured.