Event
The Bhopal verdict of 7 June 2010
The Bhopal court convicted seven people and the company UCIL of causing death by negligence; the sentence was two years’ imprisonment. The BBC and PTI say eight were convicted; the Supreme Court’s order counts seven and UCIL.
- Dates
- 7 Jun 2010
Connections 5
interventions
- Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Bhopal 7 Jun 2010 convicted seven people and the company UCIL of causing death by negligence Primary record 1
- Government of Madhya Pradesh 29 Jun 2010 appealed to the Sessions Court for longer sentences Primary record 1
involved
- Keshub Mahindra convicted; UCIL’s chairman in 1984 Scholarship & press 2
- Union Carbide India Limited convicted as accused No. 12 Primary record 1
- Warren Anderson accused No. 1; absconding, not tried Scholarship & press 2
Timeline 3 dates
- 7 Jun 2010 The Bhopal verdict of 7 June 2010
- 7 Jun 2010 Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Bhopal intervened in The Bhopal verdict of 7 June 2010
- 29 Jun 2010 Government of Madhya Pradesh intervened in The Bhopal verdict of 7 June 2010
Proof 2 sources
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C.B.I. v. Keshub Mahindra, curative petitions (Criminal) 39-42 of 2010, order of 11 May 2011, Supreme Court of India, 11 May 2011.
Primary record
convicting accused Nos. 2 to 5, 7 to 9 and 12 under Sections 304A, 336, 337, 338 read with Section 35 IPC and sentencing them to two years’ imprisonment.
On June 29, 2010 Criminal Appeal No. 369 of 2010 was filed by State of M.P. before the Court of Sessions with a prayer for enhancement of sentences under the existing charges.
the Court had before it, accused Nos. 2 to 9 and accused No. 12 (UCIL)
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Bhopal trial: Eight convicted over India gas disaster, BBC News, 7 Jun 2010.
Scholarship & press
The eight convicted on Monday were Keshub Mahindra, the chairman of the Indian arm of the Union Carbide (UCIL);
Although Warren Anderson, the American then-chairman of the US-based Union Carbide parent group, was named as an accused and later declared an "absconder" by the court, he was not mentioned in Monday's verdict.
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