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more-inA city-based school teacher on Friday moved the Karnataka High Court questioning validity of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (pet-dog licencing) Bye-Law, 2018 complaining that the conditions are arbitrary and contrary to law. The list has neglected the most common breeds of dogs, which are kept as pets in most households in the world, the petitioner claimed, while pointing out that Golden Retrievers, Beagles, German Shepherds and the native Indian dogs find no mention in the list. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Jutice Krishna S.
Dixit adjourned further hearing till June 20, allowing counsel for the petitioner to seek instruction about certain earlier judgments. In her petition, Indira Gopala Krishna, an animal lover, claimed that the authorities had not published the draft bye-laws in a newspaper as per the provisions of the municipal law, and have ignored the guidelines on pet and street dogs and their care-givers, and for residents’ welfare associations issued by the Animal Welfare Board of India in 2015. Stating that the list of breeds that are approved for residential flats is arbitrary and has been copied from a list meant for another country, the petitioner claims that certain breeds are not found in India and are not available in India, and the authorities appears to have made ‘an attempt to promote certain breeds of dogs and thereby benefit certain illegal breeders’..