India, Feb. 18 -- The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court on Tuesday allowed the state government to carry out a three-phase trial run of the disposal of 40-year-old chemical waste from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in Pithampur area of Dhar district.

The MP state government submitted a compliance report on Tuesday and requested for trial in three phases before the high court, a day after Supreme Court admitted a petition filed against the disposal of toxic waste and sent notices to central and state governments.

The bench of chief justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Vivek Jain approved the trial run for disposal of Union Carbide's toxic waste, said Prashant Singh, advocate general.

The state government said the tox...