Bhopal's Haunting Legacy, 1984 Gas Tragedy, Remembered In 15 Pictures
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: The centre had sought that the case be reopened and Union Carbide's successor firms be directed to pay an additional Rs 7,844 crore to victims of the gas leak.
The Supreme Court on Sunday dismissed its petition seeking more compensation from Union Carbide for the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The gas leak that killed over 3,000 people is among the world's worst industrial disasters.
The centre had sought that the case be reopened and Union Carbide's successor firms be directed to pay an additional Rs 7,844 crore to victims of the gas leak. Rejecting the petition, the five-judge Constitution bench said the settlement can be set aside only on the ground of fraud and that the centre had not argued on this point.
Here are 10 pictures that capture the tragedy as it happened:
On December 2,1984, toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal. Over 3,000 people were killed and more than a lakh affected. The then Union Carbide chairman Warren Anderson was prime accused in the case, but did not appear for the trial.
