Chennai Rottweiler attack: Madras High Court says State need not pay compensation to five-year-old girl’s parents
The HinduThe Madras High Court on Monday refused to direct the Tamil Nadu government, Chennai Collector, and Greater Chennai Corporation to jointly pay a compensation of ₹10 lakh to the parents of a five-year-old girl who was mauled by two pet Rottweilers at a GCC park in Nungambakkam on May 5, 2024. Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan dismissed a writ petition filed by the girl’s mother S. Soniya, 24, and held that the State could not be made vicariously responsible for the act of pet dogs owned by a private individual, against whom a criminal case had been registered for allegedly letting the animals roam around without a leash. Taking note that the police had completed the investigation in the said criminal case and filed a final report before the XV Metropolitan Magistrate court in Chennai, the judge said the writ petitioner could at best seek compensation from the owner of those pet dogs, but not from the State. Because of the legal lacunae on the part of the authorities, ferocious dog breeds like Rottweilers are being raised in the vicinity and it caused the said incident,” the petitioner said.
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