The record
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- India's Supreme Court will constitute a special bench to hear a petition from the National Highways Authority of India, the state agency responsible for the country's national highways.
- The dispute stems from an earlier court order requiring NHAI to remove stray animals from public highways.
- NHAI is now asking the court to modify that order, and its petition also questions the authority's liability for constructing shelters for the cattle it clears from roads.
- Stray cattle on high-speed corridors are a recognized hazard for drivers, so the outcome affects both road users and how NHAI's obligations and budgets are defined.
- Both reports in this set are neutral, meaning the real tension is NHAI's plea for relief against the court's standing safety directive rather than a dispute between rival press framings.
- What to watch: the bench's composition, the first hearing, and any interim order that softens, stays or reaffirms the shelter liability.
What to watch next
- Special bench composition and first hearing date
- Any interim relief or modification granted to NHAI
- Progress data on stray-cattle removal from highways
What changed2
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The Hindu1h ago[1]
NHAI seeks modification of SC order directing it remove strays from highwaysThe Hindu BusinessLine2h ago[2]
SC to set up special bench to hear NHAI plea against direction to build shelters for stray cattle
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Tushar Mehta
Solicitor General
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“the responsibility to discipline animals and cattle loitering on highways and roads, posing a danger to drivers, lay on the respective local authorities”
In the article
…that it cannot herd stray cattle and animals off public thoroughfares and find them shelter homes. In an oral mentioning before the Chief Justice Surya Kant, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for NHAI, said the responsibility to discipline animals and cattle loitering on highways and roads, posing a danger to drivers, lay on the respective local authorities . The NHAI said compliance would entail expenditure of around ₹7,000 crore. Mr. Mehta said the liability over the strays was laid at the NHAI’s door by the Supreme Court in an order passed in November last year,…
“Our case is that it should be done by the local district-level administration. We cannot do it pan India”
In the article
…Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had been directed to establish shelter homes for stray cattle across the country, which, according to the Authority, would involve an expenditure of approximately ₹7,000 crore. “ Our case is that it should be done by the local district-level administration. We cannot do it pan India ,” he said. He also sought reconstitution of the special bench comprising Justices Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria to hear the NHAI's application. “There is a matter concerning stray dogs. I am moving an application…
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Why it matters4
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- Supreme Court of India (special bench) liability ruling pending· weeks
- National Highways Authority of India shelter liability compliance burden· longer
- National Highways Authority of India mandate and cost uncertainty· weeks
- Highway users reduced stray cattle collision risk· weeks
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Named India · National Highways Authority of India · Joymalya Bagchi · NV Anjaria · Sandeep Mehta · Supreme Court · Supreme Court of India · Surya Kant · Tushar Mehta · Vikram Nath · V Mohana
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