Supreme Court Judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat today recused himself from hearing the Centre's plea seeking 7,844 crore rupees as additional fund from successor firms of US-based Union Carbide Corporation for giving compensation to the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims.<br />''<br />''A five-judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra adjourned the hearing till tomorrow and said Chief Justice of India S A Bobde would take a call on composition of the bench to hear the matter.<br />''<br />''Expressing his unwillingness to be part of the bench to hear the matter, Justice Bhat said that he had appeared for the Union of India in the matter when union had sought review.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />''The Union Carbide Corporation, now owned by Dow Chemicals, gave a compensation of  470 million US Dollars  after the toxic gas leak from the Union Carbide factory on the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984 killed over 3,000 people and affected 1.02 lakh more. </span><br />