Supreme Court Allows Bhopal Gas Victims to Approach Madhya Pradesh High Court

• The Supreme Court has given rights groups representing Bhopal gas victims the right to approach the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

• The groups claim that survivors with severe injuries and illnesses were wrongly classified under ‘temporary disablement’ and’minor injury’.

• The groups have urged the court to correct the classification under the Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of Claims) Act, 1985.

• The groups argue that survivors suffering from cancer and kidney failure were classified under’minor/temporary injury’.

• They argue that these cases should have been added as a permanent disability category.