BY INDIRA JAISING On January 10, a curative petition was filed by the Union of India versus the Union Carbide Corporation (‘UCC’), and American Chemical Corporation now owned by Dow Chemical Company, an American multinational chemical corporation, pertaining to the Bhopal Gas Disaster. The disaster occurred on December 3-4, 1984 and the victims have been
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said there has to be sanctity of a settlement, when there is so much international trade and commerce while hearing Centre's curative plea seeking an additional Rs 7,844 crore from the successor firms of Union .
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Supreme Court told the Centre on Wednesday it cannot act like a "knight in shining armour" and decide its curative plea seeking an additional Rs 7,844 crore from the successor firms of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) for giving compensation to the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. India News | Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Can t Decide Curative Plea for Additional Funds as Lawsuit, SC Tells Centre.
Little did the people of Bhopal know that on December 2, 1984, many will not wake up to the next day when the world's worst industrial disaster befell them. The haunting stories of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy were wrung out of the lives of ordinary .