Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Suo moto case In re: News item appearing in The Hindu dated 03.12.2023 titled “Battling water woes in land of tragedy dated 20/03/2024. The court noted that the chemical waste which was approximately 337 metric ton …
Reply on behalf of the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order dated December 22, 2023. The matter is related to the threat being faced by the survivors of the Bhopal Gas leak disaster of 1984 who are still bearing the brunt of contaminated …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Union of India & Others Vs M/s. Union Carbide Corporation & Others dated 11/10/2022. Attorney General, R. Venkataramani informed the Supreme Court (SC) that the government of India would like to press forward with the curative petition against Union …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Union of India & Others Vs Union Carbide Corporation & Others dated 20/09/2022. The Supreme Court asked the Solicitor General to obtain instructions from the Centre regarding its present stand on the curative petition filed by it in 2010 …
Centre has demanded more compensation for the victims The Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine in April a curative petition by the government for more compensation to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, over and above the $470 million paid by Union Carbide. The petition, which came up …
BHOPAL: An exhibition to pay homage to the Bhopal gas tragedy victims was organised in collaboration with Remember Bhopal Museum at Dylogg Co-working on Monday. The exhibition had newspaper clippings, narratives and pictures of gas tragedy through which an attempt was made to bring back the stories and remember them. …
World most horrific industrial disaster continues to haunts the survivors, their children and grandchildren. Observing the 34th Anniversary of the Bhopal Gas tragedy, the victims blaming the BJP and Congress government rued that nothing has changed for them even after thirty-four years as they continue to fight for justice denied …
Statement accuses Madhya Pradesh, Central governments of neglecting victims Thirty-four years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, survivors continue to demand proper rehabilitation, adequate compensation and proper medical treatment for ailments caused by the toxic leak. ‘Worst disaster’ In what is termed as the world’s worst industrial disaster, over 15,000 people …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Research Foundation for Science Technology & Natural Resource Policy Vs Union of India & Others dated 30/08/2018 regarding formulation of an Action Plan for supply of piped water in 42 localities of Bhopal affected by the Bhopal Gas Disaster. …
This paper outlines PAN Asia Pacific’s concern about the impact of hazardous pesticides on children, and the need for greatly improved global governance of pesticides post 2020, to protect the rights of children and to meet the Sustainable Development Goals of Agenda 2030.
The Centre is feeling the need to amend the rules on chemical accidents in the wake of incidents in the “recent past”. The existing rules — on manufacture, storage and import of hazardous chemicals and on chemical accidents (emergency planning, preparedness and response) were enacted in 1984 and 1996 respectively. …
Indians living with the consequences of water pollution at the site of the 1984 Bhopal poison gas disaster sought to keep alive their U.S. lawsuit against Union Carbide Company (UCC) when they filed, this week, arguments with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said that the company …
Pulls up the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Government of India and MP Pollution Control Board for not cracking whip. BHOPAL : National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked Proctor and Gamble (P&G;) why it is not taking environmental clearance when other MNCs are taking it for benefit and welfare …
When the annals of corporate accountability, culpability and negligence in India are compiled, the erstwhile Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) is sure to top the list. But not far behind will be Hindustan Unilever (HUL). On4 March, HUL reached an out-of-court settlement with 591 of its former employees from the now …
For the third consecutive time, Dow Chemical has failed to turn up before a court here in connection with the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy case following which the hearing has been posted for July next year. This is the third time that Dow, which wholly owns Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), …
Govt. claiming less compensation than in 1985: Bhopal gas victims In 1985, it asked for $3.3 billion while it is $1.2 billion now, they say Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy have claimed that the Union government is claiming less in compensation than what it did 30 years back. While …
BHOPAL: Last Monday, just two days before the 31st anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster, the Madhya Pradesh high court issued a notice to the Union government, the MP state government and medical research organizations to respond to a plea by Disaster survivors that they were guilty of contempt of …
Three decades after the Bhopal gas lead killed a few thousand people overnight, the struggle continues for its survivors. A number of issues concerning the survivors of the disaster, termed the biggest industrial accident in history, seemed close to resolution this year, but none was resolved.
NGOs working for the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy today slammed the central government for its failure to take up the UN-aided assessment of current toxic contamination at and around the abandoned Union Carbide factory, the site of world's worst industrial disaster. Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh …
BHOPAL: NGOs working for the survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster alleged violating of guidelines and directives of the Supreme Court during on-going incineration of 10 MT toxic waste carried from abandoned Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) plant to Pithampur (Dhar district). "The process of incineration endangering lives and health …
