<h1>Stray dog management: sterilisation, vaccination and localised release authorised with exclusions and designated feeding zones enforced.</h1> Supreme Court permitted picked-up stray dogs to be sterilised, vaccinated and released back into the same area, excluding dogs infected with or suspected of rabies and those showing aggressive behaviour; it kept the previous prohibition in abeyance. Municipal authorities must create designated feeding areas based on local dog population, prohibit street feeding, post notice boards, and may proceed against persons feeding on streets under the relevant legal framework; all States and Union Territories were impleaded and related high court pleas transferred to the apex bench.