A crisis in the Supreme Court of India has seen the survivors left in limbo as meetings of the Constitution Bench have been postponed in the wake of a scandal involving the Chief Justice of India. A curative petition, aiming to address the inadequacy of the 1989 civil settlement of the Bhopal Disaster had been […]
In the website of the International Campaign for Justice (ICJB) a shocking fact reveals that: “Corporations value a Bhopal survivor’s life at 100 times less than that of an Alaskan sea bird. This seems unbelievable but it’s actually true. In 1989 Exxon spent $51,000 on the rehabilitation of each bird affected by its oil disaster. […]
Is the forthcoming Curative Petition the last chance for the survivors of the Bhopal Disaster to get adequate and fair compensation? The International Campaign for justice in Bhopal (ICJB) certainly thinks so and has launched a campaign asking for online help. ICJB is calling for the correct figures for deaths, injury and ensuing chronic illness […]
At a press conference today, leaders of four organisations of survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster called upon central and state governments to revise the figures of death and illness caused by the disaster before the Curative Petition for additional compensation is heard by the Supreme Court next month. The leaders said that representatives of […]
Today in Bhopal, around five hundred disaster survivors gathered in Neelam Park as part of their ‘Waiting for Justice’ programme. They waited from 11am until 5pm having challenged the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief Minister, Arif Aqueel, to explain why he has not honoured a pre-election promise of greater compensation. The minister did not turn up […]
