High Profile Cases Bhopal gas victims slam Dow sponsoring London Olympics October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The victims of the 1984 Bhopal tragedy have joined British MPs and rights groups in opposing the 2012 London Olympics being sponsored by Dow Chemical Company, which owns the now-abandoned unit here whose gas leak killed thousands, an activist said Tuesday. The survivors of world’s worst industrial disaster fighting for justice for nearly 27 years […] Read more » Bhopal gas victims London Olympics methyl isocyanate gas Union Carbide factory
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 Bhopal gas victims protest at Kolkata American Centre July 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Activists and victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy Monday staged a protest and burnt an effigy of Warren Anderson outside the American Centre here demanding that the former Union Carbide Corporation chief be extradited and punished. ‘We demand immediate extradition and punishment of Warren Anderson. We want justice for the victims of this tragedy,’ said […] Read more » Bhopal gas victims
Top Law News Bhopal gas victims demanded more compensation June 24, 2010 / June 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Terming the increased compensation announced by the government as insufficient, about 700 Bhopal gas tragedy survivors Thursday held a protest at Jantar Mantar here to demand greater compensation in view of the hardships they have faced since 1984. ‘The government has announced a compensation package of Rs.10 lakh to the dead and Rs.5 lakh to […] Read more » Bhopal gas victims
Top Law News Bhopal gas victims have little hope from new relief package June 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The survivors of the world’s worst industrial tragedy that hit the Madhya Pradesh capital in December 1984 don’t have “much hope” from the new Rs.1,500 crore (Rs 15,000 million) relief package announced by the government and doubt whether it will be “distributed among the families of the victims honestly”. The Group of Ministers (GoM) headed […] Read more » Bhopal gas victims