Bhopal Gas Tragedy: The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the Center that it cannot act like a ‘shoorveer’ and 7, On the curative petition seeking additional demand of Rs. Can’t decide. The top court said that it has already said about the ‘limitation’ (purity) of its remedial jurisdiction and is bound by law despite certain exemptions.

A five-member constitution bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul told Attorney General R Venkataramani, appearing for the Centre, “It is very easy to pick loose someone else’s pocket and withdraw money. Picking your own pocket Do it and give the money and then consider whether you can get them (UCC) out of pocket or not.” received from a US company as part of an agreement reached at the Center 4825 03 million US dollars (715 crore) from the successor companies of the American company UCC, in addition to Rs.7,867 wants crores of rupees.

Question to Center regarding filing of curative petition Questioning the Center about filing a curative petition, he said, “I started the hearing by saying ‘limitation’ of jurisdiction. Look, we cannot be knights. It is not possible. We are constrained. Law Although we have certain exemptions, we cannot say that we will decide a curative petition on the basis of jurisdiction of an original suit.” Apart from Justice Kaul, the constitution bench comprises Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Abhay S Oka, Justice Vikram Nath and Justice JK Maheshwari.

heard the arguments of the Center for at least seven hours The bench heard the arguments of the Center for at least seven hours from yesterday till today through Venkataramani. The Constitution Bench said, “As far as liability and compensation is concerned, it is always open to the parties to say that I want to settle and get rid of any kind of litigation. Now, you ( Centre) want to modify the agreement. Can you do it unilaterally? It is not a decree but an agreement.” The hearing remained inconclusive and will continue on Thursday as well.

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Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 8: 36 AM IST