Justice M A Siddiqui issued notices to all seven convicts, seeking replies within four weeks. The CBI in its petition is demanding the retrial of all seven for culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 304-II of Indian Penal Code.

Assistant Advocate General Rashid Suhail Siddiqui said the trial court, in its judgement on June 7, 2010, convicted former Union Carbide chairman Keshub Mahindra, then Managing Director Vijay Gokhale, then Vice President Kishore Kamdar, Works Manager J Mukund, Production Manager S P Choudhury, Plant Superintendent K V Shetty and Production Assistant Shakeel Qureshi for "negligent act" causing death, under another part of section 304.