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A desolation Called Peace: Finality of Bhopal gas leak case is another tragedy
The curative hearings were an opportunity for the victims of the tragedy to have their day in court. It was incumbent upon the SC to parse their claims with care and rigour. Instead, however, the SC did the opposite.
Updated on Mar 24, 2023 09:36 PM IST
Bhopal gas tragedy case: SC dismisses govt's plea seeking compensation| 5 points
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the Centre's curative petition demanding an additional compensation from UCC for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
Published on Mar 14, 2023 12:31 PM IST
Bhopal gas tragedy: SC junks govt plea on ex gratia, notes 50 cr lying with RBI
The Supreme Court said a sum of ₹50 crore lying with the RBI for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims shall be utilised by the Centre to satisfy pending claims of victims.
Updated on Mar 14, 2023 11:37 AM IST
Utkarsh Anand, New Delhi
Didn’t thrust aid in Bhopal gas tragedy case: SC
Through its 2010 petition, the government has sought a reconsideration of the May 1989 judgment and a 1991 order of the Supreme Court, arguing that the 1989 settlement was grossly inadequate.
Updated on Jan 16, 2023 01:15 PM IST
Utkarsh Anand, New Delhi
'Dip into your own pocket before…': SC to Centre on Bhopal gas tragedy
“If as a welfare society, you (the government) are so concerned that you should have paid more, you had to do it yourself first…,” a constitution bench, headed by justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, told attorney general R Venkataramani.
Updated on Jan 12, 2023 07:23 AM IST
Morning brief: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat speaks in support of LGBT community
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Published on Jan 11, 2023 09:00 AM IST
SC flags issues in govt’s demand to reopen Bhopal tragedy resettlement
A Constitution bench, headed by justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, questioned the government for its endeavour to not follow the terms of a settlement arrived at before top court in 1989 regarding damages to be paid by American company Union Carbide.
Updated on Jan 11, 2023 04:58 PM IST
Utkarsh Anand, New Delhi
Delay in Bhopal gas tragedy waste disposal abuse right to health: NHRC chief
On December 3 this year, several people in Bhopal had marched to the defunct Union Carbide factory to mark the anniversary and remember the victims.
Published on Dec 11, 2022 06:23 AM IST
PTI | | Posted by Yagya Sharma
Greenpiece: A Failure to stop the chemicals comes full circle
The well-known research of Dr. Shanna Swan in 2017, says by 2045, most people will rely on assisted reproduction, for environmental toxins, such as additives like phthalates from plastics, are disrupting the human endocrine system and are reducing fertility.
Published on Dec 05, 2022 02:35 AM IST
Can’t abandon victims: Govt to seek additional aid in Bhopal tragedy
The government was conveying its decision after it had sought some time from the five-judge bench on September 19 to make up its mind on pursuing the petition.
Updated on Oct 12, 2022 02:38 PM IST
Utkarsh Anand, New Delhi
Hazardous Union Carbide waste to be burnt... after 37 long years
The hazardous waste at the plant is believed to have contaminated ground water in and around the plant causing chronic illness to several people still living around it.
Updated on Mar 17, 2022 09:23 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Bhopal gas tragedy: 37 years of one of the world's worst industrial disasters
The disaster took place on the intervening night of December 2-3 and to date, it is considered among the world's worst industrial disasters.
Published on Dec 03, 2021 08:09 AM IST
Bhopal gas leak: 37 years on, children not then born scarred forever
The official number of deaths from what has come to be known as the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, among the world’s worst industrial disasters ever, was 2,259 but activists estimate the number could be well over 20,000, maybe double that.
Published on Dec 03, 2021 08:01 AM IST
PTI | , Bhopal
Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyendu, Babil Khan come together for The Railway Men
YRF has announced a bunch of new OTT projects, one of which is The Railway Men. It stars R Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyendu and Babil Khan.
Updated on Dec 02, 2021 10:47 AM IST
Vizag gas leak an eerie reminder of Bhopal gas tragedy
Around 1,500 people were evacuated from areas around the chemical factory in Visakhapatnam from where the Styrene gas leaked, authorities said.
Updated on May 07, 2020 02:50 PM IST
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