The Supreme Court today decided to review its 1996 judgement in the Bhopal gas case, following which a local court had imposed a two-year jail sentence on Keshub Mahindra and six others who were executives of Union Carbide at the time of the tragedy.

Krishnadas Rajagopal

New Delhi: Fourteen years after it described the Bhopal gas leak disaster as an act of negligence, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to re-open its September 1996 judgement, a rarest-of-rare step, to assess if the criminal liability of Union Carbide employees extended to culpable homicide.

A Special Bench of Chief Justice SH Kapadia and his two seniormost colleagues in

THE Supreme Court will examine legality of the judgement delivered by chief justice A M Ahmadi, in 1996, which diluted charges against Union Carbide officials in the Bhopal gas tragedy.

A bench comprising chief justice S H Kapadia, justice Altamas Kabir and justice R V Raveendran issued notices to seven convicts on the curative petition filed by CBI, seeking recall of its judgement of S

MILIND GHATWAI

Vandita Mishra

Washington: The United States said on Friday the Bhopal gas tragedy was a closed case now.

State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley was answering reporters' questions on the issue. Later, the State Department official clarified that legally the case was closed.

Sympathy and concern

New Delhi:Pointing out inadequacies in the manner in which successive governments have dealt with the Bhopal gas tragedy, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Thursday steps should be taken to prevent such a manmade catastrophe in future.

Washington, 19 Aug: The United States has denied reports that it was trying to link the Bhopal gas tragedy with India-US investment ties by suggesting a "lot of noise" over the issue could have a "chilling effect" on them.

"The assertion that there was linkage between two separate and distinct issues is wrong, is incorrect," Mr Benjamin Chang, deputy spokesperson of the National Security Counci