The Bhopal gas disaster is still weighing heavily on Dow Chemical

LALIT SHASTR
BHOPAL
The Jabalpur HC on Tuesday issued an order directing the government of India to submit compliance and present the report of the Task Force Committee latest by January 25, 2011 in response to a petition to fix the liability for the removal of the toxic waste lying abandoned at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal.

The high court also ordered that the merger agreement

After a lot of debate on whether Dow, which took over Union Carbide, should be made liable for enhanced compensation to Bhopal gas victims, the Centre on Friday filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court against its two verdicts on civil suits related to the compensation issue.
The first verdict of the apex court, in 1989, gave approval to the out-of-court settlement between the Indian govern

THE Centre has moved a curative petition in the Supreme Court seeking revision of its 1989 judgement on the world

Government today moved the Supreme Court seeking enhancement of compensation from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700 crore for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy in which more than 5000 people were killed due to leakage of poisonous gas from the Union Carbide factory.

Wants Union Carbide Corp, Mcleod Russel India, Union Carbide India to increase compensation from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700 crore.

The government on Friday moved the Supreme Court, seeking enhancement of compensation from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700 crore for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy in which more than 5,000 people were killed due to leakage of poisonous gas from the Union Carbide

Bhopal Gas Tragedy & Rehabilitation Minster Babulal Gaur met Chidambaram, Chairman of the Group of Ministers set up for the gas affected by the Central Government in New Delhi today and submitted a memorandum.

Mahim Pratap Singh

Commerce Ministry refused to reconsider the approval despite Chemicals Ministry plea

India will pay an extra 713 million rupees ($15.8 million) in compensation to the victims of the world's worst industrial accident that killed thousands in 1984, the government said in a statement late on Thursday.

India says about 3,500 people died when a Union Carbide plant in the central Indian city of Bhopal accidentally released toxic gases into the air, but activists say 25,000 died in th

Compensation for Bhopal gas leak victims will be put to a close with the Centre seeking an additional Rs 71.28 crore as ex-gratia for left out cases of permanent and temporary disability and an uncovered category of