Bhopal gas tragedy: SC notice to Centre
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking transfer of the corpus of the erstwhile Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust to it. The trust was set up to look after
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking transfer of the corpus of the erstwhile Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust to it. The trust was set up to look after
Terming court's decision to summon Dow Chemicals in the Bhopal gas tragedy case as an "important step", Amnesty International today demanded that the company must acknowledge its responsibility towards
It was on the night of Dec 2-3, 1984, that a toxic gas leak from the Union Carbide Corporation's pesticide plant in the Madhya Pradesh capital killed and maimed thousands of people. Nearly three decades
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director general Dr VM Katoch will release second technical report of National Institute for Research in Environmental Health (NIREH) here on Friday. NIREH
Around 200 survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster held demonstrations in front of the Dow Chemical’s office in Vikroli in suburban Mumbai on Tuesday, demanding that the company take up the criminal, civilian and environmental liability of Union Carbide, which they now own. The demonstrators said they were protesting against Dow Chemical’s continuing business in hazardous chemicals when the survivors were dying in Bhopal and the next generation was facing health problems.
The Supreme Court judgment dismissing the curative petitions against its verdict in the Bhopal gas criminal case leaves observers nonplussed. PTI IN BHOPAL ON May 11, survivors of the gas tragedy
The Madhya Pradesh government was left red-faced Saturday when a court, hearing a plea seeking harsher sentence for the convicts in the Bhopal gas tragedy case, objected to its request seeking more time.
The Supreme Court directs the Central and Madhya Pradesh governments and the ICMR to address the health needs of the Bhopal gas victims. THE Supreme Court of India has passed on August 9 a major judgment
Bhopal: Activists working for the rights of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims on Tuesday requested Bhopal court to allow them to take the responsibility of serving the notice to US giant Dow Chemical
Five Bhopal based organisations namely Children Against Dow-Carbide, Bhopal Gas Peedhit Nirashrit Pension Bhogi Sanghrash Morcha, Bhopal Gas Peedhit Mahila stationery Karmachari Sangh, Bhopal Gas Peedhit Mahila Sangharsh Morcha and Bhopal Group of Information and Action, working among the neighbourhood residents of the abandoned Union Carbide factory has welcome the legal initiatives of the centra
This paper outlines PAN Asia Pacific’s concern about the impact of hazardous pesticides on children, and the need for greatly improved global governance of pesticides post 2020, to protect the rights of
During their one-day Bhopal visit today, Union Home Minister Shri P. Chidambaram and Group of Ministers members Union Law & Justice Minister Shri Salman Khurshid and Union Minister of State for Personnel
As the city marked the 28th anniversary of Union Carbide gas leak disaster on Monday, which claimed at least over 3,000 lives in its immediate aftermath, activists alleged the victims have got a raw deal
With hardly a week left for the Supreme Court to commence hearing on the CBI
In yet another blow to the survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster, a US district court has dismissed a plea seeking to make Union Carbide liable for contamination caused by its pesticide plant in Bhopal.
Litigating Disaster
Bhopal : Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangthan, an organisation representing victims of Bhopal gas tragedy threatened of holding a dharna at the residence of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouuhan on
A member of student group hold a placard as she participates in a demonstration to express solidarity with the Bhopal gas tragedy survivors in Bangalore. File photo AP A member of student group hold a placard as she participates in a demonstration to express solidarity with the Bhopal gas tragedy survivors in Bangalore.
Public outrage seems to have got better of scientific opinion when it comes to disposing of over 350 tonnes of toxic waste on the Union Carbide's now-defunct premises at Bhopal. A perusal of several
Bhopal gas victims