Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Revisited after Twenty-five Years


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Case Code : BECG115
Case Length : 34 Pages
Period : 1984-2010
Organization : Union Carbide Corporation / Dow Chemicals Company
Pub Date : 2010
Teaching Note : Available
Countries : India
Industry : Chemicals

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Settlement Made by UCC

After a few months of the disaster, the GoI appointed itself as the exclusive representative of the victims for any legal dealings with UCC related to compensation. It passed the Bhopal Gas Leak (Processing of Claims) Act, 1985, and equipped with this power, the GoI filed a lawsuit to claim damages and compensation against UCC with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York...

The Tragedy Continues

Having paid the US$470 million compensation, UCC maintained that it did not have any more liability for the tragic incident. However, survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy argued that UCC and Anderson should be brought to justice...

Longest-Running Struggle against Corporate Crime

Following the disaster, a number of experienced activists from around the world and the country converged on Bhopal to support the relief effort, but it soon became a grassroots struggle based on independent trade unions, neighborhood committees, and pensioners' rights campaign...

Two Decades and a Half Later...

On July 31, 2009, a few months before the 25th anniversary of the disaster, the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court re-issued a warrant for the arrest of Anderson. However, no action was taken...

The Road Ahead

Dow continued to maintain that it did not have any liability since UCC had settled the matter by paying a one-time compensation of US$ 470 million. Its spokesman Scott Wheeler (Wheeler) said that Dow had "never owned or operated the Bhopal plant site and Dow did not inherit any liabilities of Union Carbide Corp."...

Exhibits

Exhibit I: Bhopal Gas Tragedy: A Timeline
Exhibit II: Map Showing Approximate Spread of Gas
Exhibit III: Some Measures Taken by the Government and other Organizations to Help the
Victims
Exhibit IV: Images of the Victims of the Gas Tragedy: 1984
Exhibit V: Safety Measures in UCC Plants in the US and India
Exhibit VI: A Brief Note on The Dow Chemical Company
Exhibit VII: Scenes at the Deserted Plant
Exhibit VIII: Children Suffering from Congenital Disorders
Exhibit IX: Images of Protests against Dow on the 25th Anniversary of the Bhopal Gas
Tragedy
Exhibit X: Health Effects of Key Chemicals Found in Water in the Vicinity of the Plant


  

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