The judiciary has heaped more injustice on victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, activists said on Wednesday after the apex court's decision to reject the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea for more stringent punishment to the seven accused. Some said it was a "black day" and squarely blamed the CBI for failing to defend the victims.

The Madhya Pradesh government

No satisfactory explanation for filing petitions after 14 years of judgment

In a major setback to the Centre, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed as

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The Supreme Court has refused to change its mind about a 1996 judgment and allow stricter punishments for seven corporate executives convicted for their role in the world

The Supreme Court today dismissed the Central Bureau of Investigation

Discerning citizens and civil society organisations that have remained in the forefront defending the interests of the Bhopal gas victims on Wednesday reacted sharply to the Supreme Court decision dismissing the CBI's curative petition against an earlier judgment of the apex court that diluted the charges against the accused in the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster case.

Reacting to the apex court order

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved verdict on the CBI's curative petition for enhancement of punishment to the accused in the Bhopal gas tragedy case by reviving the charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

A Constitution Bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justices Altamas Kabir, R.V. Raveendran, B.

You really have to hand it to the nuclear industry. In any other sphere of the economy, a major industrial disaster is likely to have adverse, long-term financial consequences for the company or companies whose product or activity was involved in the accident, regardless of actual cause or legal liability.