{"id":58687,"date":"2020-01-28T17:59:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T12:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58687"},"modified":"2020-01-28T17:59:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T12:29:55","slug":"bhopal-gas-tragedy-justice-s-ravindra-bhat-recuses-from-hearing-centres-plea-for-additional-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bhopal-gas-tragedy-justice-s-ravindra-bhat-recuses-from-hearing-centres-plea-for-additional-fund","title":{"rendered":"Bhopal gas tragedy: Justice S Ravindra Bhat recuses from hearing Centre&#8217;s plea for additional fund."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/1984-Bhopal-gas-tragedy-victims.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58696\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bhopal-gas-tragedy-justice-s-ravindra-bhat-recuses-from-hearing-centres-plea-for-additional-fund\/1984-bhopal-gas-tragedy-victims\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/1984-Bhopal-gas-tragedy-victims.jpg?fit=292%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"292,173\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/1984-Bhopal-gas-tragedy-victims.jpg?fit=292%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/1984-Bhopal-gas-tragedy-victims.jpg?fit=292%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-58696\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/1984-Bhopal-gas-tragedy-victims.jpg?resize=292%2C173&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/1984-Bhopal-gas-tragedy-victims.jpg?w=292&amp;ssl=1 292w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/1984-Bhopal-gas-tragedy-victims.jpg?resize=150%2C89&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a>Supreme Court judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat on Tuesday recused himself from hearing the Centre&#8217;s plea seeking Rs 7,844 crore as additional fund from successor firms of US-based Union Carbide Corporation for giving compensation to the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims.<\/p>\n<p>A five-judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra adjourned the hearing till Wednesday and said Chief Justice of India S A Bobde would take a call on composition of the bench to hear the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will not take it up today. We are waiting for CJI&#8217;s order,&#8221; said the bench also comprising justices Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M R Shah and Bhat.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing his unwillingness to be part of the bench to hear the matter, Justice Bhat said, &#8220;I had appeared for the union of India in the matter when union had sought review&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), now owned by Dow Chemicals, gave a compensation of USD 470 million (Rs 715 crore at the time of settlement) after the toxic gas leak from the Union Carbide factory on the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984 killed over 3,000 people and affected 1.02 lakh more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat on Tuesday recused himself from hearing the Centre&#8217;s plea seeking Rs 7,844 crore as additional fund from successor firms of US-based Union Carbide Corporation for giving compensation to the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims. 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