India's top court rejects govt plea seeking more compensation for Bhopal gas disaster victims

India's Supreme Court rejects more money for Bhopal gas leak victims

India's Supreme Court has rejected a plea seeking more compensation for victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster.

India’s court rejects plea for more compensation to 1984 gas tragedy victims

New Delhi, Mar 14 (EFE).- India’s top court on Tuesday set aside a government request for additional compensation to the victims of the 1984 gas tragedy that caused thousands of death, with chronic health effects persisting nearly four decades later. The federal government had urged the court to order the American chemical company Union Carbide’s new parent firm to pay an additional $950 million to the victims of the worst industrial disaster in…

"Betrayal, Again": Bhopal Gas Tragedy Survivors On Supreme Court Order

Hours after the Supreme Court turned down the centre's plea for more compensation in the Bhopal Gas Tragedy case, those who lost their own in the disaster termed the verdict a "betrayal". Over a lakh people were affected by the poisonous gas leak at the Union Carbide plant on December 2, 1984, widely considered the worst industrial disaster ever. Estimates of death range from 5,000 to as high as 25,000. Rashida Bi lost seven members of her famil…

Bhopal gas tragedy: SC rejects Centre's plea for additional compensation for victims

A five-judge constitution bench said there was no rationale by the Centre to rake up the issue two decades after the settlement

Bhopal gas tragedy: Why did India’s Supreme Court reject more compensation for survivors?

Rejecting the Indian government’s curative petition that sought more funds for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, the top court said it would open up Pandora’s box. The American company, Union Carbide, responsible for the disaster had paid the survivors Rs 715 crore in damages in 1989

Bhopal gas tragedy: Survivors' groups slam SC's dismissal of plea for more compensation

The tragedy caused the death of over 3,000 people due to the release of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas on December 2-3, 1984, and affected 1.02 lakh more people.