Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Union Carbide Corporation, Dow Chemicals and others on a Centre's plea seeking increase in compensation to the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700 crore. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia also …
Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) released the following statement in response to the filing of the curative petition by the Union of India in relation to the 1989 legal settlement concerning the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. The Indian Supreme Court’s decision today to hear the government’s petition is not a ruling …
The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to hear in open court two curative petitions filed by the CBI and the Centre in connection with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy seeking restoration of the stringent charge of culpable homicide against the accused and enhancement of compensation for the victims. The petition …
Local project affected boycotted open house in January Villagers affected have not accepted compensation MUMBAI: While Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan prepares for a two-day sojourn in the Konkan from Friday, the Jaitapur nuclear power project affected people have decided not to attend a meeting he will address on February …
In a trail-blazing legislative initiative, the Kerala Assembly on Thursday passed the Plachimada Coca-Cola Victims Relief and Compensation Claims Special Tribunal Bill 2011 to secure for the inhabitants of Plachimada in Palakkad district compensation for the ecological damage caused by the Coca Cola unit that used to function in the …
The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday the petition filed by the Centre seeking enhancement of compensation from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700 crore for the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, in which more than 5000 people were killed due to leakage of poisonous gas from Union Carbide …
A bill to provide for the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the expeditious adjudication of disputes and recovery of compensation for the victims from the Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
A large number of Bhopal gas tragedy victims today held a demonstration in the national capital demanding adequate compensation, rehabilitation, medical care and punishment to the guilty. The dharna, organised by Bhopal Gas Pidit Sangharsh Sahyog Samiti (BGPSSS) and CITU, was addressed by CPI(M) Parliamentary Group leader Basudeb Acharia and …
The Kerala government today introduced a Bill in the State Assembly to force Coca-Cola to pay compensation for the alleged negative ecological and health effects of its erstwhile factory at Plachimada in Palakkad district, and to distribute this money to the victims. Minister for water resources N K Premachandran piloted …
PALAKKAD: The Perumatty grama panchayat, which won a legal battle against Coca-Cola at Plachimada, has sought compensation from the company for permanent damage done to groundwater, soil, agriculture and livestock in the village. Grama panchayat president K. Suresh told The Hindu here on Monday that the State government's proposed Bill …
CHENNAI: Navin Srinivas, software professional and a volunteer on a night patrol last week along the Injambakkam beach, found a female turtle dead with its belly open. Closer to the city, a young volunteer for Students' Sea Turtle Conservation Network (SSTCN), found a few dead hatchlings near Elliots beach. The …
“It’s a question of freedom. Bread and freedom both are important and people must go back to their homes,” said a Supreme Court bench on January 17. It was hearing a petition seeking an independent committee to rehabilitate 40,000 tribals in Chhattisgarh, caught in the crossfire between Maoists and Salwa …
Dumka, Feb. 9: Administrative officials of Deoghar had their hands full today controlling a mob of around a thousand people opposing construction work of the spillway of Punasi dam. The mob, which was opposing BJP MP from Godda Nishikant Dubey
Troubles are far from over for global steel giant Posco to set up its Rs 54,000 crore steel plant in Jagatsinghpur in Orissa with tribals in the area divided over allowing the Korean company to enter. Although Orissa
Visakhapatnam, Feb. 4: The East Coast Ene-rgy Private Limited Thermal Power management has come forward to compensate the farmers and the fisherfolk whose land was being acquired for developing the super thermal power project in Kakarapalli village in Santabommali mandal in the district. East Coast Energy Private Limited is a …
THE Gulf of Mexico should recover from the massive BP oil spill by the end of 2012, the administrator of the $20-billion victims compensation fund said. By that time, most of the harmful effect of the worst offshore oil spill in US history will have dissipated and the economy should …
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday issued a showcause notice to chief secretary for not providing adequate compensation or framing any rehabilitation policy for poor farmers, whose agricultural land were acquired. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice R S Rathore sought an explanation from the …
DINDIGUL: Compensation to the tune of Rs.49.07 lakh for the loss of major crops was so far disbursed to farmers who had insured their crops under weather-based insurance scheme in the district, according to S. Ganesan, Joint Director of Agriculture. For kharif season In a release here on Monday, he …
THE government has decided to pay . 8,000 crore to state-run fuel retailers to compensate them for selling diesel, cooking gas and kerosene below market rates. The grant will help Indian Oil Corp, Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Bharat Petroluem Corp report a net profit in the third quarter of 2010/11. …
