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Union Carbide India Limited

Indian company that owned and operated the Bhopal pesticide plant; Union Carbide Corporation held 50.9 percent. Renamed Eveready Industries India in 1994.

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Who holds Union Carbide India Limited
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Union Carbide Corporation v. Union of India (Civil Appeal Nos. 3187-88 of 1988)

  1. 15 Feb 1989 Settled with Government of India: $45M, paid the rupee equivalent of $45 million towards the $470 million settlement 24

State v. Mahindra and others (Crime No. 1104 of 1984)

  1. 7 Jun 2010 Convicted by Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Bhopal: causing death by negligence and endangering life, as accused No. 12 5The Supreme Court records the conviction of accused Nos. 2 to 5, 7 to 9 and 12, and calls No. 12 UCIL. Appeals were pending in the Sessions Court in May 2011.

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  • Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Bhopal 7 Jun 2010 causing death by negligence and endangering life, as accused No. 12 Primary record 5

    The Supreme Court records the conviction of accused Nos. 2 to 5, 7 to 9 and 12, and calls No. 12 UCIL. Appeals were pending in the Sessions Court in May 2011.

settled with

  • Government of India 15 Feb 1989 $45M, paid the rupee equivalent of $45 million towards the $470 million settlement Primary record 24

stakeholders

  • Government of India 1984 22%, as of 2 Dec 1984 Primary record 13

    The court says “owned or controlled by”; Union Carbide says the other holders included Indian financial institutions and private investors.

  • Union Carbide Corporation 1984 50.9%, as of 2 Dec 1984 Primary record 12

    UCC says it sold the whole stake in November 1994.

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Timeline 5 dates
  1. 1984 Keshub Mahindra chair of Union Carbide India Limited
  2. 1984 Government of India owns a stake in Union Carbide India Limited
  3. 1984 Union Carbide Corporation owns a stake in Union Carbide India Limited
  4. 15 Feb 1989 Union Carbide India Limited settled with Government of India
  5. 7 Jun 2010 Union Carbide India Limited convicted by Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Bhopal
Proof 7 sources
  1. In re Union Carbide Corporation Gas Plant Disaster at Bhopal, India in December, 1984, 809 F.2d 195 (2d Cir. 1987) (copy posted by Union Carbide), U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 14 Jan 1987. Primary record
    Fifty and nine-tenths percent of its stock is owned by UCC, 22% is owned or controlled by the government of India, and the balance is held by approximately 23,500 Indian citizens.
  2. Union of India v. Union Carbide Corporation, curative petitions, order of 14 March 2023 (LiveLaw copy of the order), Supreme Court of India (text via LiveLaw), 14 Mar 2023. Primary record
    UCC was a New York based corporation which owned 50.9% stock in UCIL at the time of the tragedy.
    due to the escape of deadly chemical fumes from the factory owned and operated by M/s Union Carbide India Limited
  3. The Bhopal disaster and its aftermath: a review, Environmental Health (BioMed Central), 2005. Scholarship & press
    The government itself had a 22% stake in the company's subsidiary, Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL)
  4. Union Carbide Corporation v. Union of India, orders of 14 and 15 February 1989 (IELRC copy, not the official version), International Environmental Law Research Centre (text of a Supreme Court of India order), 15 Feb 1989. Primary record
    Union Carbide India Ltd. will pay on or before 23 March, 1989 to the Union of India the rupee equivalent of U.S. $ 45 Millions (forty five Millions) at the exchange rate prevailing at the date of payment.
  5. 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.
    the Court had before it, accused Nos. 2 to 9 and accused No. 12 (UCIL)
  6. 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);
  7. Chronology of events in Bhopal gas tragedy case, Press Trust of India (via ThePrint), 14 Mar 2023. Scholarship & press
    Dec 7, 1984: Police arrest Chairman of Union Carbide Corporation Warren M Anderson, Chairman of UCIL Keshub Mahindra and Managing Director of UCIL Vijay Prabhakar Gokhle.
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