India’s Supreme Court to Review Its 1996 Bhopal Gas Judgment
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India’s Supreme Court today allowed a government petition that seeks harsher punishment against officials of Union Carbide Corp.’s local unit convicted of negligence in a 1984 toxic gas leak.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia sought a response from Keshub Mahindra, the former chairman of Union Carbide India Ltd., and six senior employees of the firm, on why they couldn’t face more serious charges of culpable homicide, which carry a punishment of 10 years in jail.