After a lot of debate on whether Dow, which took over Union Carbide, should be made liable for enhanced compensation to Bhopal gas victims, the Centre on Friday filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court against its two verdicts on civil suits related to the compensation issue.
Seeking reviews of both judgments, the Centre in its curative petition has sought enhanced compensation from Dow, raising three main grounds on facts as well as the law. In the petition drafted by Attorney-General G.E. Vahanvati, the Centre has sought three separate claims from Dow on the ground that the earlier compensation of $470 million approved by the apex court was substantially “inadequate” considering the new facts that had emerged subsequently in one of the biggest industrial tragedies in the world.
The petition was drawn up taking into account various aspects of the matter, including value and devalue of currencies during the 26 years since the tragedy.