High Profile Cases Bhopal gas tragedy : Justice S Ravindra Bhat recuses from hearing Centre’s plea for additional fund. January 29, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat on Tuesday recused himself from hearing the Centre’s plea seeking Rs 7,844 crore as additional fund from successor firms of US-based Union Carbide Corporation for giving compensation to the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims. A five-judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra adjourned the hearing till Wednesday and […] Read more » Bhopal gas tragedy Justice S. Ravindra Bhat
High Profile Cases Kamala Mills owner says it’s illegal detention in Supreme Court. March 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The owner of Mumbai’s Kamala Mills today moved the Supreme Court challenging his arrest in connection with a fire that claimed 14 lives in December last year. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan asked Ravi Bhandari to serve a copy of his petition to the Maharashtra government. The top court listed […] Read more » Bhopal gas tragedy featured illegal detention Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Ashok Bhushan Kamala Mills owner Ravi Bhandari Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi Supreme Court Uphaar cinema hall fire case
Environment Law News Supreme Court concerned over smog and pollution in Delhi November 7, 2012 / November 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court expressed concern over the rising pollution and smog in the national capital and decided to deal with it. “We are concerned with the level of smog in the city. Everyday we are hearing about the rising level of pollution in the city. We will deal with the matter,” a bench headed by […] Read more » Bhopal gas tragedy Chief Justice Altamas Kabir MeT officials pollution in Delhi smoggy condition smoggy weather Supreme Court Union Carbide plant
Top Law News Ground water study at Bhopal gas plant in October, SC told September 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Drilling for studies on ground water contamination at the site of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy would start in October after the rains subside, the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) Tuesday told the Supreme Court. The institute plans to start the drilling work for collection of soil and water samples from within the abandoned […] Read more » air dried under natural environmental conditions Bhopal gas tragedy Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) guidelines Ground water study at Bhopal gas plant Ground water study at Bhopal gas plant in October Indian Institute of Toxicology Research Justice Altamas Kabir Justice J. Chelameswar Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board order to avoid any loss of volatile components organic toxicants in the water samples SC told Union Carbide premises for drilling Union Carbide's plant in Bhopal WHO guidelines
Top Law News SC poses searching queries to Centre on Kudankulam September 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday wanted to know from the Centre as to what would be the guarantee that there would be no radio active substance in the spent fuel to be stored at the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu to prevent any accident. Posing a host of searching queries to the […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Bhopal gas tragedy counsel Prashant Bhushan G Sundarrajan challenging the Madras high court's decision impose any restraint against the plant justices Deepak Misra justices K S Radhakrishanan Kudankulam Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu radio active substance SC poses searching queries to Centre on Kudankulam social activist G Sundarrajan Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman
Environment Law News Apex court to hear plea to hike Bhopal gas victims’ relief February 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said it would hear a petition of the central government seeking enhancement of compensation for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy to the tune of Rs.7,500 crore. The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice Altmas Kabir, Justice R.V. Raveendran, Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice Aftab […] Read more » apex court Bhopal gas tragedy Bhopal gas victims hike Justice Aftab Alam Justice Altmas Kabir Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice R.V. Raveendran methyl isocyanate gas of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia plea Relief Union Carbide
Top Law News Eight held guilty for Bhopal gas tragedy, get two years in jail June 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Twenty-six years after the world’s worst industrial disaster that had left over 15,000 people dead, a local court today convicted all the eight accused including former Union Carbide Chairman Keshub Mahindra in the Bhopal Gas tragedy case. Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohan P Tiwari pronounced the verdict in a packed court room convicting 85-year-old Mahindra, and […] Read more » Bhopal gas tragedy
