SC agrees to hear plea seeking more compensation for Bhopal Gas victims

Centre's curative petition seeks Rs 7,844 crore more from successor firms of Union Carbide

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the Central Government’s plea seeking an additional Rs 7,844 crore as compensation for victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, from Union Carbide's successor firms. A two-judge bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said the matter would be heard in April.

The petition filed by the Centre has sought the said amount over and above the Rs 750 crore settlement amount paid by Union Carbide as compensation to victims of the 1984 gas tragedy. The curative petition, filed in 2011, also seeks stricter sentences for those responsible for the