{"id":3227,"date":"2023-02-20T17:14:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T11:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leadindia.law\/blog\/en\/?p=3227"},"modified":"2023-02-20T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T11:44:09","slug":"owners-liability-on-dogs-bite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leadindia.law\/blog\/en\/owners-liability-on-dogs-bite\/","title":{"rendered":"Owner’s Liability on Dog’s Bite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
There have been serious incidents of dog biting specially in Ghaziabad and Noida and this controversy of raising pet dogs in residential societies has gathered more attention from Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation banning residents from keeping Pitbulls, Rottweilers and Dogo Argentino as pets. Various videos have been circulated where dogs have brutally bitten specially young children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guidelines & Restrictions: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Animal Welfare Board in 2015 issued guidelines where it is mentioned that pet owners cannot be mandated to muzzle their dogs and cannot be denied certain amenities such as elevators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guidelines number 1 reads, “… they (pet owners) may, however, distinguish between reasonable and unreasonable, and lawful and unlawful claims as to their pets being a source of nuisance and no amount of pressure should lead to the abandonment of a pet animal.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kerala High Court in 2012 passed a verdict where AWIB was one of the respondent, \u201cclauses in any bye-law or agreement, that have the effect of absolutely prohibiting a person from keeping a pet of his\/her choice in a residential unit occupied by that person, should be treated as void and unenforceable in law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Consequently, resident welfare associations shall desist from putting up notice boards and signposts prohibiting the keeping or entry of pets in their respective premises.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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