https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182054 The Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of Claims) Act, 1985 was upheld as a valid special law because Parliament could rationally vest exclusive claim representation in the Central Government for a disadvantaged class of victims and act in a parens patriae capacity. Section 4 was read as incorporating natural justice: before any settlement or compromise affecting victims' rights, they had to receive prior meaningful notice and an opportunity to place their views, though individual consent was not required. The Act was also held to concern only civil compensation claims and not to extinguish or limit criminal liability, which remained outside its scope. en-us Fri, 22 Dec 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 17:35:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182054 The Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of Claims) Act, 1985 was upheld as a valid special law because Parliament could rationally vest exclusive claim representation in the Central Government for a disadvantaged class of victims and act in a parens patriae capacity. Section 4 was read as incorporating natural justice: before any settlement or compromise affecting victims' rights, they had to receive prior meaningful notice and an opportunity to place their views, though individual consent was not required. The Act was also held to concern only civil compensation claims and not to extinguish or limit criminal liability, which remained outside its scope. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Dec 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182054