Bhopal Gas Tragedy Verdict Today

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  Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Verdict Today On Petition For Additional Funds

  Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict today on the Centre's curative plea seeking an additional Rs 7,844 crore from Union Carbide Corporation's successor firms to extend higher compensation to the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

• Will evaluate request from India on Anderson's extradition: US

  The United States has said it would "carefully evaluate" any request from India to bring to justice Warren Anderson, the former CEO of Union Carbide, who is wanted in a case related to the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy that killed several thousands of people.US State Department spokesperson PJ Crowley told reporters that the US would carefully evaluate a...

• Bhopal Tragedy: Who is Warren Anderson?

  For 25 long years, Bhopal gas victims have sought Warren Anderson's extradition from the US. Over the years, US ambassadors and officials and Indian politicians visiting Bhopal have been repeatedly asked why Anderson has not been brought back to face trial for the toxic gas leak of December 1984. Over those years, many effigies have been burnt of t...

• Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Who's convicted today

  The eight people convicted today for the world's worst industrial disaster include:Former Union Carbide Chairman Keshub Mahindra Vijay Gokhle, then Managing Director of Union CarbideKishore Kamdar, then Vice-President of Union CarbideJ Mukund, then Works Manager,  Union CarbideR.B.Roy Chowdhury,  Asstt. Works Manager, UCIL, Bhopal (now de...

• Bhopal gas tragedy: Timeline

  December 3, 1984: Union Carbide India Ltd's (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal releases Methyl isocyanate. Around 800, 000 people exposed to the gas. According to government estimates, 15000 people died. Others passed on the harmful effects of the gas, genetically. A FIR in the tragedy was filed.December 4, 1984: A case is registered against Union Ca...

• Bhopal gas tragedy: Verdict day today

  More than 25 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, a local court will give its verdict today against Union Carbide and other respondents.On the night between December 2 and 3, 1984, the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal released lethal methyl isocyanate. While thousands died, many others passed on the harmful effects of the gas to the next generations.Th...