1984 Bhopal gas tragedy: Supreme Court refuses urgent hearing on plea against waste disposal
The Hindu
Supreme Court refuses urgent plea against incineration of Bhopal gas tragedy waste, to be heard after July.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (June 4, 2025) refused to urgently hear a plea against the incineration of hazardous waste of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, which claimed 5,479 lives and maimed more than five lakh.
The Supreme Court had on February 27 refused to interfere with a Madhya Pradesh High Court order on shifting of the toxic waste and disposing it in Pithampur area in Dhar district.
The matter was mentioned on Wednesday (June 4, 2025) for urgent listing before a Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Satish Chandra Sharma.
"You have failed this attempt before the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Your prayer was rejected. You made an attempt to stop this before this court also. No interim order has been granted. Now during vacation, you want us to stay all this? For how many years, we are fighting with that waste?" the Bench asked the lawyer who mentioned the matter.
The Bench said the matter would be heard after the partial court working days in the Supreme Court would be over in July.
Highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide factory during the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, eventually killing 5,479 people and maiming over five lakh. It is considered to be among the worst industrial disasters in the world.
While mentioning the matter for urgent listing, the counsel said the case related to the incineration of around 377 tonnes of hazardous waste.
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