Interim Order 2

Order Details: COPY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Pdf Text: 28 Ct Cases / 631/2026
Rashim Sharma Vs. GMR Airports Limited
/0 (IGI Airport)
29.04.2026
Present: Complainants in person.
Sh. Manish Gandhi, Ld. Counsel for the complainant
through VC.
Today, status report is filed by SI Amit. The report of
ACP forwarded by DCP is also received. Both the reports are
identical. It is stated in the status report that CCTV of the Terminal –
3 area was examined and it is revealed that at about 19:38 hours a
dog was seen lured by a person wearing attire of Estate Services
towards a vehicle and thereafter the dog was taken in the said vehicle
out of the premises. The person associated with the vehicle and luring
the dogs were found to be associated with M/s. J K contractors. In
regard to this, only four lines are written in the report that DIAL staff
was examined who stated that no specific instructions were issued by
them to M/s. J K Contractor for removal or relocation of the said
dogs. It is stated that exact destination whether dogs were taken is yet
to be established. It is further stated in the report that efforts are being
made to obtain records regarding sterilization and vaccination of the
dogs. It is also being verified whether any complaint regarding dog
bite incidents were made and statements of the complaints including
verification of their claim of being regular feeders are also under
process. It is further stated that in regard to the incident occurred on
02.04.2026 on Terminal – I, PS IGI Airport, no enquiry was initiated
at PS IGI Airport since the matter falls outside the jurisdiction.
This court takes exception to the approach made by the
police officials in this matter. This court in its order dated 20.04.2020
specifically mentioned about the incident that occurred at Terminal –
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1 and having regard to the modus adopted in removing the dogs,
there is every likelihood that both the incidents were inter-related and
could be part of the same transaction. This court has given directions
to DCP, IGI Airport in its order dated 20.04.2026 so that both the
incidents could be enquired into in a comprehensive manner and thus,
this court has given direction for preservation of CCTV footage of
both the terminals. However, it is quite unfortunate that DCP, IGI
Airport has not apply its mind to the facts and no steps were taken to
enquired the incidents in holistic manner. Further, the approach of the
inquiry officer to does not suggest that he wanted to go to the root of
the matter. During the course of the proceedings, it was submitted by
the complainants who are present today in the court, that instead of
questioning the respondents, he handed over a six page questionnaire
to them to respond and questioned their locus and veracity of the
complaint. The submission of the complainants is corroborated by the
status report in which the inquiry officer, instead of questioning the
respondents about the exact location of the dogs and the reasons for
their relocation, recorded the statements of the complainants and
sought verification of the fact whether they are the actual feeders and
whether the dogs were duly vaccinated and sterilized. It is also
submitted by the complainants that the inquiry officers were asking
them to provide the contact details of respondent No. 3 and 4 instead
of asking them to join the inquiry. The submissions of the
complainants were not denied by the inquiry officer who did not offer
any explanation except the fact that he was required to enquire into
the claims made by the complainant.
This approach of the police reflects their apathy towards
the noble cause for which the complaint has been made. It is not in
dispute that before filing the present complaints, complainants have
approached SHO as well as DCP prior to the filing of present
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application. It has been more than one and half month since the dogs
were relocated from their usually feeding area and the police has
shown no interest to gather information whether the dogs are alive
and their place of relocation. It is also apparent from the said report
that inquiry officer shown no interest to gather information about the
reason of relocation of the dogs from the respondents as no names of
the persons who were examined from DIAL are mentioned. In regard
to the M/s. J K Contractors whose staff relocated the dogs, it is
simply stated that efforts are being made to contact inquiry from M/s.
J K Contracts. Today, the complainant have filed copies of the
vaccination, sterilization and feeding data. This court wonders when
this information could be gathered by this court in one week, why the
police have failed to obtain the same when the complainants have
visited the police officers at least 15 times. Further, the police
officials have tried to isolate the incident at IGI Airport area from the
one occurred at Terminal – 1 solely to make an appearance before the
court that the incident which had occurred at IGI Airport did not
involved force and hence no action could be taken. This court has
enquired from the inquiry officer whether the officials of M/s. J K
Contractors were involved in both the incidents to which the inquiry
officer answered in affirmative. This is common knowledge that the
incident occurred by Terminal – I was circulated widely in the social
media and the video showed that a dog was captured inhumanly and
thereafter, relocated from the airport area. Both the incidents suggest
that it could not be possible for the grounds staff to relocate the dogs
without any directions from the authorities involved in operating the
airport. Therefore, an comprehensive inquiry was required to be
made. Since, this court has given the direction to DCP which the
DCP has failed to adhere to, considering gravity of the situation and
the fact that dogs are missing for about one and half months, this
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court thinks fit to direct Worthy Joint CP, Transport Range to conduct
inquiry into both the incidents which occurred at Terminal – 3 as well
as Terminal – 1 in a holistic manner and a suitable report be called
from the office of the Worthy Joint CP, for NDOH.
Matter be taken up on 11.05.2026 at 2:00 pm.
Copy of this order be sent to Worthy Joint CP, Transport
Range for compliance.
(PRANAV JOSHI)
ACJM-01/PHC/NDD
29.04.2026
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