Discerning citizens and civil society organisations that have remained in the forefront defending the interests of the Bhopal gas victims on Wednesday reacted sharply to the Supreme Court decision dismissing the CBI's curative petition against an earlier judgment of the apex court that diluted the charges against the accused in the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster case.

Reacting to the apex court order

The Supreme Court will pronounce its order on Wednesday on the CBI's plea for prosecuting the Bhopal gas tragedy case accused, who have escaped with lighter punishment of two-year jail term, under the stringent penal provision attracting maximum 10 years of imprisonment.

A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.H.

Madhya Pradesh, whose capital saw the world

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved verdict on the CBI's curative petition for enhancement of punishment to the accused in the Bhopal gas tragedy case by reviving the charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

A Constitution Bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justices Altamas Kabir, R.V. Raveendran, B.

In the Bhopal Gas Tragedy case, the Supreme Court should set up a direct special court and hold day-to-day trial without any adjournment, similar to the exclusive court set up for the 2-G spectrum scam accused, said Abdul Jabbar of the Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Udyog Sangathan (BGPMUS) here on Thursday.

Speaking to mediapersons, Jabbar said like the 2G-Spectrum scam, the Supreme Court should re

CBI admits to delay in moving court after a SC bench had diluted the charges against the accused in 1996
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation why there was a delay of over 14 years in approaching it for rectification of its judgement which had diluted the charges against the accused in 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

New Delhi: The Union government on Wednesday confessed that it had slept over the Supreme Court

New Delhi: Ahead of the crucial hearing on Wednesday on curative petitions seeking stringent charges in the Bhopal gas tragedy case and additional compensation for victims, a plea before the SC could prove embarrassing for the government.

For, it requests SC to ask the government to divulge names of officials who negotiated with Union Carbide and arrived at a court supervised $470 million s

A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear the Centre