New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Tuesday its verdict on Centre’s curative plea for enhanced compensation to the victims of 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy from US-based firm Union Carbide Corporation, now owned by Dow Chemicals. On January 12, a five-judge constitution bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul , Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Abhay S. Oka, Justice
The issues before the Bench were whether it could reopen the settlement amount in a curative petition, and whether new medical data of the victims can be considered at this stage.
Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the respondents, told the bench, the Government of India never suggested at the time of the settlement that it was inadequate.
The Bench made it clear that the Central government could not at this stage fasten additional liability on Union Carbide Corporation, which was responsible for the tragedy and resultant deaths.
A curative petition for additional compensation to the victims from Union Carbide and its owner Dow Chemical filed by the central government in 2010, for the Bhopal gas disaster is scheduled to be heard on January 10, 2023.