SC denies plea to raise compensation for victims in the Bhopal gas tragedy; watch video

The Supreme Court has rejected the demand for increased compensation in the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The Supreme Court has given the central government a jolt. On Tuesday, the petition in this matter was dismissed by the Supreme Court's Constitution Bench. According to the Supreme Court, the Center ought to have been given precedence in this case. The central government’s request for the Supreme Court to raise the compensation for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy was denied. In the petition, it was demanded that the Union pay the Bhopal gas victims an additional 7 thousand 800 crores in compensation to the victims.

Bhopal Gas Tragedy

On December 2-3, 1984, a gas disaster occurred in the state capital of Bhopal. Three thousand 787 people were killed in this accident as a result of a leak of methyl isocyanate gas from the Union Carbide Factory. Following the gas scandal, Union Carbide Corporation paid $ 470 million in compensation to the victims, but the victims demanded more.

In this case, the Center has asked Dow Chemicals for an additional Rs 6 thousand 844 crore in compensation for the victims of the gas disaster. In December 2010, a curative petition was filed in the Supreme Court for this purpose, which was denied by the Court.