By IANS
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday turned down a plea by various NGOs and individuals for enhanced compensation to victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
Dismissing a bunch of petitions for enhanced compensation, a bench of Justices C.K. Thakker and Altamas Kabir, however, ruled that an individual victim could approach the claims tribunal in case he or she had been denied proper compensation.
The petitions had sought a nearly fivefold increase in the $470 million compensation, stating that it was inadequate and several victims had not received the amount.
The Bhopal tragedy had taken place on the intervening night of Dec 2-3, 1984 as poisonous methyl isocyanate gas escaped from the Union Carbide factory killing at least 3,800 people.