CHARAN LAL SAHU ETC. ETC. vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

The Supreme Court examined the Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of Claims) Act, 1985, focusing on the Central Government's representation of victims in legal proceedings against Union Carbide Corporation. The Court held that the absence of pre-decisional notice violated principles of natural justice, as established under Administrative Law. It ruled that the Government, having shares in the alleged tort-feasor, could not competently represent the victims, thereby emphasizing the doctrine that no man shall be a judge in his own cause.