India, June 4 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to grant an urgent hearing against an order passed by the Madhya Pradesh high court directing incineration of the toxic chemical waste from the Bhopal gas tragedy site at Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district, observing that a long time has already elapsed "fighting" to dispose the waste and the same is being done under supervision of experts.

The court was dealing with an urgent plea mentioning made by a MP-based social activist challenging a March 27 order passed by the MP high court giving 72 days for the state government to incinerate the chemical waste from the erstwhile Union Carbide factory at the incineration plant in Dhar district.

The activist told the court that si...