Mumbai woman gets week in jail for accusing judges of being part of ‘dog mafia’

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday sentenced a woman to a week in jail for circulating a letter that accused High Court and Supreme Court judges of being part of a “dog mafia”, Live Law reported.

In January, the Bombay High Court had issued an order restraining a Navi Mumbai housing society from hindering resident Leela Verma from feeding stray dogs.

Verma filed her own petition after Seawoods Estates Limited, the housing society, challenged a provision in the 2023 Animal Birth Control Rules, pertaining to the management of stray dogs.

During the proceedings, Verma submitted an application claiming her fundamental rights were being violated by the society’s decision to , Bar and Bench reported.

Verma had alleged that the society’s managing committee had barred a domestic worker from entering her home to feed stray dogs. The High Court ruled that the society’s actions violated Verma’s fundamental rights by denying entry to her domestic worker merely because she was feeding stray dogs, The Indian Express reported.

Following the court’s order, Vineeta Srinandan, the housing society’s cultural director at the time, sent a letter to 1,500 flats in the complex, alleging judicial bias.

“Now we are convinced that there is a big dog mafia operating in the country, who has a list of High Court and Supreme Court judges having views similar...

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