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.
Successor firms of the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the depreciation of the rupee since 1989 cannot be a ground to now seek a "top-up" of compensation for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Supreme Court told the Centre on Wednesday it cannot act like a "knight in shining armour" and decide its curative plea seeking an additional Rs 7,844 crore from the successor firms of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) for giving compensation to the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. India News | Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Can t Decide Curative Plea for Additional Funds as Lawsuit, SC Tells Centre.
The Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up the Centre for pursuing its curative plea seeking an additional Rs 7,844 crore from successor firms of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) for giving compensation to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy.
A group of 10 women survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy on Friday started an indefinite hunger strike demanding that the state government and the Centre provide correct figures of victims before the Supreme Court.