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BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY CASE VERDICT

#SupremeCourt Constitution bench of pronounce its judgment today at 10.30 AM on Centre's curative petition seeking additional compensation from Union Carbide Corporation for victims of #BhopalGasTragedy

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Bench assembles.

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Justice Kaul reading out the operative part - It is the Union's stand that the Commission has adjudicated all claims.

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Supreme Court : The responsibility was on the Union of India to make good the deficiency in the compensation. The failure to take insurance policies is gross negligence on the part of Union.

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Supreme Court : Settlement can be set aside only on the ground of fraud. No ground of fraud has been pleaded by the Union of India.

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Supreme Court : It is UCC's allegation that Union and State did not detoxify the environment.

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Supreme Court : We are unsatisfied with the Union of India for not furnishing any rationale for raking up this issue after two decades.

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Supreme Court : A sum of Rs 50 crores lying with RBI shall be utilized by the Union of India to satisfy pending claims.

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#BREAKING Supreme Court dismisses Union Government's curative petition seeking additional compensation from Union Carbide Corporation by reopening the settlement in the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Case.

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