India, Aug. 13 -- The Supreme Court has formed a larger bench to hear the matter after an order for blanket "removal" of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR led to a major uproar. The hearing before the three-judge bench is set for Thursday, August 14.

The listing came just a few hours after the issue was mentioned before the Chief Justice, BR Gavai, in open court, to which he said, "I will look into it."

On August 11, a two-judge bench ruled that all strays be removed and shifted to shelters, and set its next hearing for four weeks later. The matter, however, is now set to be heard by a bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria.

In the two-judge bench's order, the SC told authorities to round up stray dogs, starting with 5,000 i...