Supreme Court of India

Union Carbide Corporation v. Union of India Etc.

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Reported as [1989] 3 S.C.R. 128
Bench R.S. Pathak, E.S. Venkataramiah, Ranganath Misra, M.N. Venkatachaliah and N.D. Ojha JJ.
Decided 4 May 1989

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Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Registration and Processing of claims) Act, 1985: Court' giving reasons for the overall settlement order dated February 14, 1989-Compelling duty both judicial and humane to ./' secure immediate relief to the victims. The Bhopal Gas Leak Tragedy that occurred at midnight of 2nd ,_. December, 1984, by the escape of deadly chemical fumes from the appellant's factory was a great industrial disaster and it took an immediate toll of 2600 human lives and left tens of thousands of inno- 0 cent citizens of Bhopal physically affected in various ways. As per the _ figures

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