India paves way for Bhopal clean-up court order

A US court could order chemical firm Union Carbide to clean up the site of a gas leak that killed thousands of people in central India nearly 20 years ago, now that the Indian government says it has no objection to the move.

The Indian government is forwarding a “no objection” certificate to the court, which would allow a US judge to reconsider an earlier court decision to dismiss legal action against US-based Union Carbide, which relieved the company of responsibility to clean up the site.