Indian court to rule on Bhopal disaster charges

An Indian court was to decide today whether to lessen charges against the former chairman of US-based Union Carbide for a 1984 gas leak that left thousands of people dead in one of the world’s worst industrial accidents.

Warren Anderson originally was charged with “culpable homicide,” which carries a sentence of up to 20 years, but prosecutors have asked that the court reduce the charge to “hurt by negligence”.