Over 25 yrs after the world

NEW DELHI: Activists and survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy have slammed Monday's verdict in the case against eight former Union Carbide India executives as

BHOPAL: Disappointed with the court verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case, activists, who have been fighting for justice for the families of victims, on Monday said the eight persons have been convicted on

Smita Gupta

New Delhi: The long-delayed verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case will have an impact on the pending Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Bill, Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said here on Monday evening.

Bhopal: In the apocalyptic moments on the wintry night of December 2-3, 1984, people simply started dying in the most hideous ways after a toxic gas leak.

Some vomited uncontrollably, went into convulsions and fell dead.

Bhopal: The trial in the Bhopal gas tragedy case saw 19 judges presiding over it after the charge sheet was filed in December 1987.

The CBI filed the charge sheet in Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) A Sisodia's court on December 1, 1987 here. CJM R.C. Mishra heard the case of the world's worst industrial disaster from September 30, 1988.

New Delhi: Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have, it seems, become used to injustice. On Monday, seven influential officers of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) were convicted by a court with a mere two-year sentence for causing the world

The Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984 has damaged the environment so much that over 50,000 people are still drinking underground water affected by the industrial waste dumped around the now defunct Union Carbide Factory.

Emotions ran high among relatives and survivors of the victims of the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal as they demanded capital punishment after eight senior officials of the Union Carbide were convicted today only of death due to criminal negligence.

26 years after the world's worst industrial disaster that had left over 15,000 people dead, a local court on Monday convicted all the eight accused including former Union Carbide chairman Keshub Mahindra in the Bhopal gas tragedy case.