Supreme Court Refuses to Intervene in Bhopal Gas Waste Disposal; Directs Petitioner to MP High Court

The Supreme Court declined to entertain a petition raising concerns over mercury leakage from waste residue at the Union Carbide site.

The Bench directed the petitioner to approach the Madhya Pradesh High Court with its supporting scientific evidence.

The petitioner relied on an IIT Hyderabad report alleging that current incineration trial reports failed to accurately detect high mercury concentrations, risking groundwater contamination at the Pithampur disposal site.

The Bench observed that since the High Court has monitored the matter for two decades, it is the appropriate forum to examine expert deliberations on the safety of the disposal process.

[Bhopal Gas Peedith Sangharsh Sahyog Samiti v. UOI & Ors.]