The Supreme Court today rejected a plea made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to exempt physical appearance of Chief Secretaries of States/UTs in the Stray Dogs matter.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta refused to allow the Chief Secretaries to appear virtually, expressing anguish at the non-compliance with its directions.

"No, let them come physically. It's very unfortunate that Court is wasting time here trying to deal with the problems, which should have been addressed by the Municipal Corporation, by the State governments over the years...Parliament frames rules, no action is taken. We require them to file compliance affidavit, they are sleeping over it! No respect for order of the Court! Let them come, we will deal with them. They have to physically come and e

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