The Supreme Court on Tuesday, 14 March, dismissed a plea seeking additional compensation for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy which killed – as per government records – over 3000 people and affected over 1 lakh people.
The Centre had in 2010 filed a curative plea seeking additional compensation to the tune of ₹ 7,844 crore from Union Carbide Corporation's successor firms in favour of the affected families. This was in addition to the USD 470 million (Rs 715 crore) it had received from the American company as part of the settlement in 1989.