We still have to reach the interiors

What steps have been taken to ensure civilian safety vis-à-vis CBRN disasters? Interviewee:  W Selvamurthy

Justice league for people’s rights

What is the Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT)? Interviewee:  Gianni Tognoni

Beyond Bhopal: incentive for unsafe industries

Luck plays in strange ways. I was reaching for my scooter when the telephone rang in my office-cum-residence in Bhopal.

Subterranean Leak

 

BHOPAL: the bad dream continues

The idea of corruption

Anna Hazare and his followers have a skewed notion of corruption. Would they ever see the Bhopal gas tragedy as the symptom of the problem?

SC begins hearing curative petition in Bhopal gas tragedy

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice H S Kapadia began the hearing of curative petitions in the Bhopal gas tragedy on April 13. While hearing the curative petition filed by the CBI to re-examine the 1996 Supreme Court's judgement, the five-judge bench questioned the CBI for approaching the court after a gap of 16 years and not filing a review petition during these years.

CBI can seek Anderson’s extradition

A DELHI court has allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to seek extradition of former Union Carbide Corporation chairperson Warren Anderson, the prime accused in the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster, from the US. Anderson, 90, has never faced trial in the case.

SC notices on Bhopal gas disaster compensation

The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Union Carbide Corporation, Dow Chemicals and others on a Centre's plea seeking increase in compensation to the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700 crore.

‘How can India be a defendant, and not a claimant in the Bhopal case’

On the government decision not to pursue Bhopal gas victims’ case in the New York court Interviewee:  Himanshu Rajan ...