The Centre on October 11, 2022 informed the Supreme Court of its resolve to pursue its nearly 12-year-old curative petition seeking enhancement of compensation to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, over and above the $470 million already paid by Union Carbide.
"The government is very keen to pursue this matter… It is a concern of the government that we cannot abandon the victims," Attorney General of India R. Venkataramani, appearing for the Union, submitted before a Constitution Bench led by Sanjay Kishan Kaul.
The previous hearing on September 20 had witnessed Solicitor General Tushar Mehta seeking more time to get instructions from the government as the case had come up for hearing after several years’ hiatus..
