The Andhra Pradesh HC has issued a directive for the family of an infant killed by stray dogs to be compensated.
New Delhi: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has asked the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to pay compensation to the family of an infant who was killed by stray dogs two months ago.
The 8-month-old baby was mauled to death in the Jiyaguda area of the city.
The court has however, not specified the compensation amount.
It has asked the civic body to frame laws to fix an amount as compensation to the victims in all such cases.
The court issued these directives while hearing a petition filed by a Hyderabad resident.
The Municipal Corporation authorities had however, said that they were monitoring the stray dog situation very closely and are doing the best to avoid such unfortunate incidents.
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