Under No Circumstances Can We Permit Airports Authority Of India To Shoot Dogs: Gujarat HC [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday denied permission to the Airports Authority of India to relocate or shoot the stray dogs which enter its operational area posing a threat to the safety of passengers and aircraft during takeoff and landing.The bench comprising Acting Chief Justice AS Dave and Justice Biren Vaishnav asserted, “Under no circumstances, this Court can permit. The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday denied permission to the Airports Authority of India to relocate or shoot the stray dogs which enter its operational area posing a threat to the safety of passengers and aircraft during takeoff and landing. The bench comprising Acting Chief Justice AS Dave and Justice Biren Vaishnav asserted, “Under no circumstances, this Court can permit the appellant/petitioner authority to shoot dogs…” The court was hearing an appeal filed by AAI, challenging an order passed by a Single Judge rejecting them permission to shoot stray dogs found in the airport’s operational area. It had further cited the judgment in Airports Authority of India v. Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay, wherein the Bombay High Court had allowed it to kill stray dogs in “emergent circumstances”.