Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy staging a protest on thirty fifth anniversary in Bhopal. File
| Photo Credit: A.M. Faruqui
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice S.Okay. Kaul on March 14 dismissed the Central Government’s healing petition to reinforce the $470 million (about ₹725 crore on the then change price) compensation granted to victims.
The compensation was mounted in a 1989 settlement reached with Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), now an entirely owned subsidiary of Dow Chemicals, with the imprimatur of the apex court docket. The authorities had sought additional funds from the pesticide firm. The UCC had refused to pay a “farthing more”.
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The unanimous judgment by a five-judge Bench was delivered by Justice Kaul. The court docket mentioned the petition lacks benefit. Any enhancement in compensation ought to have been agitated then and never 39 years after the tragedy.
