A three-judge bench clarified that the order would not apply to rabies-infected dogs or suspected to be infested with rabies or aggressive stray dogs (Image source: @virdas/Instagram)

After days of protests and buzz on social media, the Supreme Court on Friday modified its August 11 order on stray dogs in Delhi-NCR, which stated that the dogs would be moved to shelters. In its verdict, the SC directed that dogs would be picked, vaccinated, sterilised, dewormed, and released back in the same area from which they would be picked. Comedian Vir Das, who has been actively voicing against the earlier order of the SC, welcomed the modified verdict in a new post.

“Thank you to the Supreme Court of India for supporting the process of sterilisation, vaccination and a safe return of our community dogs to their neighbourhood. Hopefully the municipality can be speedy about creating dedicated feeding areas and also rely on multiple dog trainers and behaviourists in delhi and nationwide for behavioural modification and community integration. it is nice to know our voiceless dogs can rely on your empathy and balance,” Das wrote.