New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): The dogs which were picked up for sterilization/ immunization/ observation are being released in their respective locations from where they were picked, Municipal Corporation of Delhi said in a statement on Monday.

MCD said that the entire process is being carried out in consonance with ABC Rules, 2023 which the Corporation is bound with and conscious of.

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It is further informed that the MCD’s action of picking the dogs was agitated and challenged before High Court today.

"In the said matter Hon’ble High Court without allowing any indulgence/ without even issuing notice, disposed the writ petition with the directions that MCD shall conduct itself as per ABC Rules, 2023, which MCD as already stated herein above, even otherwise bound with," the civic body said. 

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"It is once again assured, at the cost of repetition, that the entire exercise of lifting and releasing the dogs is being done in compliance of ABC, Rules 2023," it added. (ANI)

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