Taking lessons from the verdict on the Bhopal gas tragedy the law ministry would work on drafting a "standalone" law to deal with man-made disasters.
"I would be working on a standalone law to deal with man-made disasters which should be ready in the next six months," M Veerappa Moily told reporters here.
He said the proposed legislation would deal with issues relating to compensation in case of disasters.
"The Law of Torts in India are not codified...there is a need to codify such laws," he said.
Law of Torts deal with compensation in cases where respondents are not directly liable.
To a question, he clarified that the proposed law has nothing to do with the much-debated Civil Nuclear Liability Bill with its detractors fearing that it has no provisions for making foreign suppliers pay adequate compensation in case of disasters.
The law minister had yesterday said that the government will take steps to fast track the Bhopal gas tragedy case in the high court as it has learnt "big lessons" from the verdict and could go in for a standalone legislation to ensure that the culprits in such incidents are brought to book effectively.
"Lot of lessons to be learnt from this... these things should not be open for interpretation. This is one such case where justice is delayed and practically denied. I would like to say justice is buried," he said.
He said the courts in India were not capable of handling "a situation like this mass disaster."
To a question on the stand of the United States in helping India get the then Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson for trial, Moily said the "US had not cooperated at that point. But I don't know about what is happening now... I am not aware of the present situation.
In 2003, a request for extradition of Anderson was made to the US side under India-US bilateral extradition treaty. This request has already been reiterated on more than one occasion, MEA sources said today.
To a question on the stand of the United States in helping India get the then Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson for trial, Moily said the "US had not cooperated at that point. But I don't know about what is happening now... I am not aware of the present situation.
In 2003, a request for extradition of Anderson was made to the US side under India-US bilateral extradition treaty. This request has already been reiterated on more than one occasion, MEA sources said today.
