Bhopal Gas Tragedy: SC dismisses Centre's plea for additional compensation

Centre had demanded an additional compensation of Rs 7,400 crore from the successor firms of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday rejected the curative petition filed by the Centre demanding an additional compensation of Rs 7,400 crore from the successor firms of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, Abhay S Oka, Vikram Nath and JK Maheshwari said that imposing greater liability on Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) is not warranted and reopening the issue will be detrimental to the claimants.

"The method to impose greater liability on UCC is not warranted. We are disappointed in the union for not having