The Supreme Court on Friday turned down Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s request to allow chief secretaries of states, except those of West Bengal and Telangana, to appear virtually before it on November 3 in the stray dog menace case.

"When we require them to come and file compliance affidavits, they are just sleeping over it. No respect for the order of the court… Then alright let them come," a Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta told the Solicitor General after he mentioned the matter before a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, which made it clear that the chief secretaries will have to appear physically before the court on November 3.

Instead of appearing physically, the chief secretaries could be allowed to appear before the top court virtually, Meht

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