Just three days before India’s seven-phase general election, which returned the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance to power with a reduced majority, began on April 19, the Delhi High Court set aside the government’s March 12 circular prohibiting the import, breeding, and sale of 24 dog breeds deemed “dangerous for human life”. On April 10, the Karnataka High Court had struck down the circular issued by a joint secretary in the Union ministry of fisheries,...