Timeline Of Events In The Bhopal Gas Tragedy Case

New Delhi:

Following is the timeline of occasions within the 1984 Bhopal gasoline tragedy case. Over 3,000 other people have been killed within the incident that still led to large environmental injury.

Dec 2-3, 1984: Leakage of poisonous Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) gasoline from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal reported.

Dec 3, 1984 : Police sign in FIR. Arrests Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) staff, together with Jai Mukund (Works Supervisor), Satya Prakash Chaudhary (Assistant Works Supervisor), Okay V Shetty (Plant Superintendent), R B Roy Chaudhary (Assistant Works Supervisor), Shakeel Ibrahim Qureshi (Manufacturing Assistant).

Dec 6, 1984: Case transferred to CBI.

Dec 7, 1984: Police arrest Chairman of Union Carbide Company Warren M Anderson, Chairman of UCIL Keshub Mahindra and Managing Director of UCIL Vijay Prabhakar Gokhle.

Dec 7, 1984: Warren Anderson launched on bail of USD 2,000, upon a promise to go back.

Dec 9, 1984: CBI takes over the case and begins investigation.

Feb 1985: Indian executive recordsdata declare for USD 3.3 billion from Union Carbide in a US court docket.

Mar 29, 1985: The Bhopal Gas Leak Crisis (Processing of Claims) Act, 1985 handed authorising the Centre to constitute the sufferers solely.

Aug 8, 1985: Centre institutes motion towards the UCC in United States District Courtroom for award of reimbursement for the wear and tear led to by way of the crisis.

Might 12, 1986: US District Courtroom Pass judgement on Keenan transfers all Bhopal litigations to India.

Nov 30, 1987: CBI recordsdata fee sheet within the court docket of Leader Judicial Justice of the Peace (CJM), Bhopal, charging the accused beneath phase 304 (culpable murder now not amounting to homicide)/326 (voluntarily inflicting grievous harm by way of unhealthy guns or manner), 324 (voluntarily inflicting harm by way of unhealthy guns or manner) and 429 (mischief by way of damage to works of irrigation or by way of wrongfully diverting water) learn with phase 35 of IPC.

Dec 1987: CBI recordsdata fee sheet towards Anderson and different accused, together with UCC (USA), Union Carbide (Jap) Hong Kong, and UCIL. Summons served on Anderson and UCC on fees of culpable murder.

Dec 1, 1987: CJM, Bhopal problems summons towards Anderson.

Dec 17, 1987: District court docket makes an intervening time order directing fee of Rs 350 crore as intervening time reimbursement.

Apr 4, 1988: UCC demanding situations this award ahead of the Prime Courtroom of Madhya Pradesh, which reduces the quantum of intervening time reimbursement to Rs 250 crore.

July 7, 1988: CJM, Bhopal problems contemporary summons towards Anderson.

Sept 20, 1988: Letter won from Embassy of India in Washington that summons were served on Anderson.

Nov 15, 1988: CJM, Bhopal problems bailable warrants towards Anderson.

1988: Particular Go away Petitions have been filed by way of the Centre in addition to the UCC.

Feb 14, 1989: SC directs general agreement of the claims for USD 470 million. Directs consequential termination of all civil and felony court cases.

1992: A part of USD 470 million is allotted by way of the federal government amongst Bhopal gasoline sufferers.

February 1992: Anderson declared fugitive by way of court docket.

Apr 10, 1992: Bhopal court docket problems Non-Bailable Warrant towards Anderson for arranging extradition court cases towards him.

Apr 13, 1992: Centre lays down pointers for choice of reimbursement with Rs 1-3 lakh for loss of life.

Might 25, 1992: CJM Bhopal separates the trial of Anderson, Union Carbide Company (USA) and Union Carbide Jap Inc. (Hong Kong) from that of the opposite accused individuals.

June 22, 1992: Bhopal CJM commits the case to the Classes court docket towards the remainder of the 9 accused individuals.

Nov 1994: Regardless of a lot of petitions by way of survivors’ teams, the Ideally suited Courtroom lets in Union Carbide to promote its stake in UCIL to McLeod Russell (India) Ltd of Calcutta.

Sept 13, 1996: SC on plea of accused dilutes the costs framed towards them by way of the trial court docket and upheld by way of Madhya Pradesh Prime Courtroom. The most sensible court docket mentioned the accused can be attempted beneath phase 304 (A) (inflicting loss of life by way of negligence), 336 (act endangering lifestyles or private protection of others), 337 (inflicting harm by way of act endangering lifestyles or private protection of others) and different sections of IPC.

Mar 10, 1997: SC disregarded the petition filed by way of an NGO, Bhopal Gas Peedith Sangharsh Sahayog Samiti, searching for a evaluation of its 1996 judgment diluting the costs.

Nov 1999: Sufferers’ organisations document a go well with towards Union Carbide and Anderson in federal court docket of New York for violating world human rights regulation, environmental regulation.

Feb 2001: Union Carbide refuses to take accountability for UCIL’s liabilities in india.

-Aug 2002: Fees of culpable murder are maintained towards Anderson by way of Bhopal court docket, which calls for his extradition to face trial.

Oct 11, 2002: CJM, Bhopal issued a contemporary arrest warrant beneath phase 304, 324 and 429 learn with phase 35 of IPC. The arrest warrant used to be now not performed by way of the United States government and returned.

Might 2003: Indian executive officially conveys to the United States its request for extradition of Anderson.

Mar 2004: A US court docket says it will order Dow Chemical compounds to wash soil and floor water within the deserted manufacturing unit website online if the Indian executive supplies a no objection certificates. The Indian executive forwards the certificates to america.

June 2004: The US rejects request for Anderson’s extradition.

July 19, 2004: SC orders the Central Financial institution to pay out greater than 15 billion rupees, a part of the unique USD 470 million won as reimbursement stored within the account since 1992.

Oct 25, 2004: Bhopal gasoline sufferers protest the failure of the federal government to pay sufferer’s reimbursement.

Oct 26, 2004: SC units cut-off date of November 15 to pay out the remainder of USD 470 million paid by way of Union Carbide as reimbursement.

Oct 26, 2004: SC units cut-off date of November 15 to pay out the remainder of USD 470 million paid by way of Union Carbide as reimbursement.

July 22, 2009: Bhopal CJM issued contemporary NBW towards Anderson.

June 7, 2010: After greater than 25 years, Bhopal CJM holds in charge all of the 8 accused individuals and sentences them to 2 years of prison time period together with tremendous (beneath phase 304A IPC). Then again, all of the 8 convicts have been granted bail.

Aug 31, 2010: CBI recordsdata a healing petition ahead of the Ideally suited Courtroom to reassess its September 1996 judgement, which had dominated in favour of the trial of more than a few Bhopal gasoline tragedy accused on fees of inflicting loss of life because of negligence moderately than the harsher penal provision of culpable murder now not amounting to homicide.

Dec 3, 2010: Centre recordsdata healing petition for enhancement of reimbursement for sufferers from Rs 750 Crore to Rs 7,844 crore.

Feb 28, 2011: A five-judge bench of the Ideally suited Courtroom makes a decision to listen to on daily foundation from April 13 the Centre’s plea for recovery of the stringent fee of culpable murder now not amounting to homicide towards the accused and enhancement of reimbursement for the sufferers.

Mar 22, 2011: CBI strikes Delhi court docket to procure a Letter Rogatory to extradite Anderson from the United States to stand trial in India.

Mar 23, 2011: Delhi court docket lets in CBI plea searching for to extradite Anderson from the United States.

Apr 7, 2011: Madhya Pradesh executive strikes SC searching for permission to interfere within the petition filed by way of CBI.

Apr 13, 2011: SC questions lengthen in submitting the healing petition.

Might 11, 2011: SC dismisses CBI’s healing petition however leaves it to Classes court docket to believe strict fees towards accused.

Jan 12, 2023: SC reserves verdict on Centre’s healing petition searching for enhancement of reimbursement to sufferers.

Mar 14, 2023: SC dismisses Centre’s healing petition searching for enhancement of reimbursement to sufferers. 

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