Washington: The U.S. government virtually ruled out any further review of the investigation into the Bhopal industrial disaster of 1984, and in particular refused to discuss the extradition of American citizen Warren Anderson, CEO of the company behind the leak of poisonous gasses that led to the death of many thousands of people.
BHOPAL: A demonstration outside the district court on Monday. Those in the corporate world looking to cut costs regardless of human and environmental impact are watching the case closely.
NEW DELHI: They may have been disappointed by the first criminal verdict in the 1984 gas tragedy case, but Bhopal citizens could soon file for civil damages at a new forum
The verdict on the Bhopal gas tragedy is more disastrous than the disaster the leak of the poisonous gas engendered. The Bhopal court which heard the case has disappointed everyone, barring the owners of Union Carbide, with its judgment that can only be described as calamitous.
Twenty-five years after the worst industrial disaster in world history which claimed over 15,000 lives, Bhopal district court on Monday convicted eight people including former Union Carbide India chairman Keshub Mahindra in the Bhopal Gas tragedy case.
Immediately after rt verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case on Monday, the CBI maintained that its efforts to extradite Mr Warren Anderson, former chairman of the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), who is also an accused in the case, is still on.