Person
Warren Anderson
Chairman and chief executive of Union Carbide Corporation in 1984. Named first in the Indian criminal case, he did not appear before the court and died in 2014.
- Also known as
- Warren M. Anderson
- CEO of Union Carbide Corporation 1982–1986
State v. Warren Anderson and others (Crime No. 1104 of 1984)
- Charged by Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Bhopal: charge sheet for culpable homicide not amounting to murder; summons issued 12
- Charged by Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Bhopal: declared an absconder after he did not appear; this is not a verdict 23
A charge is an accusation, not a finding of guilt.
Connections 6
CEO of
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Union Carbide Corporation
1982–1986
Scholarship & press
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Chairman and chief executive; Union Carbide says he was elected in 1982 and retired in 1986.
charged by
- Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Bhopal 1 Dec 1987 charge sheet for culpable homicide not amounting to murder; summons issued Primary record 12
- Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Bhopal Feb 1992 declared an absconder after he did not appear; this is not a verdict Scholarship & press 23
involved in
- India’s request to extradite Warren Anderson, 2001 to 2004 the man India asked the U.S. to hand over Scholarship & press 6
- Arrest and release of Warren Anderson, December 1984 arrested and bailed Scholarship & press 27
- The Bhopal verdict of 7 June 2010 accused No. 1; absconding, not tried Scholarship & press 8
Timeline 3 dates
- 1982–1986 Warren Anderson CEO of Union Carbide Corporation
- 1 Dec 1987 Warren Anderson charged by Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Bhopal
- Feb 1992 Warren Anderson charged by Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Bhopal
Proof 8 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
accused No. 1 (Warren Anderson) was absconding
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Chronology of events in Bhopal gas tragedy case, Press Trust of India (via ThePrint), 14 Mar 2023.
Scholarship & press
Dec 1987: CBI files charge sheet against Anderson and other accused, including UCC (USA), Union Carbide (Eastern) Hong Kong, and UCIL. Summons served on Anderson and UCC on charges of culpable homicide.
February 1992: Anderson declared fugitive by court.
Dec 7, 1984: Warren Anderson released on bail of USD 2,000, upon a promise to return.
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Clouds of Injustice: Bhopal Disaster 20 Years On, Amnesty International, 29 Nov 2004.
Scholarship & press
The criminal prosecutions against UCC, UCE and Warren Anderson are still open and pending.
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CEO blamed for Bhopal gas disaster dies, Al Jazeera, 31 Oct 2014.
Scholarship & press
Warren Anderson, the chairman and chief executive of the US company blamed for the 1984 poisonous gas leak that killed thousands of people in the Indian city of Bhopal, died in a nursing home on September 29, according to public records.
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Overview of Bhopal Tragedy, with chronology, Union Carbide Corporation.
Self-published
He was elected chairman of the board and chief executive officer in 1982. He retired in 1986.
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Opinion of the Attorney General of India: Extradition of Mr. Warren Anderson (copy posted by Union Carbide), Attorney General of India (copy on bhopal.com), 6 Aug 2001.
Scholarship & press
proceedings in the USA for extradition of Mr. Warren Anderson are not likely to succeed and, therefore, the same may not be pursued.
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Union Carbide: Disaster at Bhopal (reprinted on Union Carbide’s Bhopal site), Union Carbide Corporation, 1993.
Self-published
with the utmost courtesy and consideration
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Bhopal trial: Eight convicted over India gas disaster, BBC News, 7 Jun 2010.
Scholarship & press
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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