Supreme Court of India

Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Udyog Sangathan & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 12 S.C.R. 947
Bench S.H. Kapadia, A.K . Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar JJ.
Decided 9 August 2012

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that issuance of certain specific B directions are inevitably called for.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950- Articles 21 and 32 - Bhopal gas Leak Disaster - Public Interest Litigation - By victims of the disaster - Praying for free and proper medical assistance from the State and for direction to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to resume and conduct research studies which it had undertaken immediately after disaster and had . subsequently abandoned - Court directed constitution of two expert Committees viz. 'Monitoring Committee' and the 'Advisory Committee' - Court also directed creation of Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC) and Bhopal

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