Aditya Reddy

Five convicts in the Bhopal gas tragedy case including industrialist and former Chairman of Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) Keshub Mahindra today furnished bail bonds of Rs 1 lakh each in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) here.
The documents were submitted by the convicts on the earlier directives of District and Sessions Judge Subhash Kakde at the CJM court.

Former Union Carbide India chairman Keshub Mahindra and four others convicted on June 7 in the Bhopal Gas leak case were Tuesday granted bail by a court here.
UCIL former Managing Director Vijay Gokhle, former Vice President Kishore Kamdar, former Works Manager J Mukund and former Production Manager S P Choudhry were others granted bail by Chief Judicial Magistrate R V Singh.

V.R. Krishna Iyer

Kumkum Sen / July 05, 2010, 0:42 IST

Speculations on government response have been put to rest with the outcome of the deliberations and discussions of the GoM. A case has been made out for enhancement of the compensation based on the degree of severity ranging from death, permanent disability, cancer cases, renal failure to temporary disability on a scale of Rs ten to one lakh.

Fights 75,000 Union Carbide-Related Suits In US, But Denies Role In Bhopal

The large number of deaths due to gas leakage from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in December 1984 was a tragedy of great magnitude.

The question is not of providing the package to the victims of gas tragedy rather emphasis should be given on avoiding similar tragedy in the coming future and it becomes the responsibility of the govt. to assure mass of state to it.

Keshub MahindraThe sessions court here today granted conditional bail to former Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) chairman Keshub Mahindra who was convicted in the 1984 Bhopal gas leak case.

The court, however, reserved its order on the bail application of six other UCIL executives who were also convicted in the case last month.

Critical issues concerning environment and liability in the gas tragedy have evaded a solution

Why was there so much public and media outrage over the Bhopal disaster