Ruling in Bhopal Case Upheld: The Indian...

Ruling in Bhopal Case Upheld: The Indian Supreme Court upheld a law that made the government the sole claimant for victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak, a ruling that confirms an out-of-court settlement between India and Union Carbide Corp. Lawyers representing gas victims had challenged the validity of the out-of-court settlement, saying it denied claimants their constitutional right of suing the U.S.-based multinational for history’s worst industrial disaster. Several suits were filed after the government and Union Carbide reached the settlement on Feb. 14. The corporation paid $470 million in exchange for an end to all civil and criminal proceedings.