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Govt to push Andersen extradition, clears Rs 1265-56 crore package
CABINET-LD BHOPAL
New Delhi, June 24 (PTI) Under attack over Bhopal gas
tragedy issue, the Indian government Thursday decided to push
for extradition of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson
and ascertain the liability of Dow Chemicals besides
announcing a Rs 1265.56 crore package for relief and
remediation.
The Union Cabinet, which considered the report of the
Group of Ministers on the 1984 disaster, accepted all its 22
recommendations but did not fix liability on anybody.
It decided to challenge the June 7 verdict of Bhopal
trial court, which led to an outrage, in the Sessions Court to
"correct the errors" in the quantum of punishment and amount
of fine imposed on the accused.
The government also decided to file a petition in the
Supreme Court for review of its judgement of September 9,
1996, by which the "graver sections" of the (Indian Penal
Code) IPC were quashed.
It decided that "appropriate applications will be filed
before the courts concerned and request the courts, especially
the High Court, to expeditiously decide the question of
liability of Dow Chemicals Company and/ or any other successor
to UCC/UCIL," India's Information and Broadcasting Minister
Ambika Soni told reporters after the meeting.
On Anderson, the Cabinet decided that additional material
in support of the request for his extradition may be put
together by concerned agencies and the Indian External Affairs
Ministry would thereafter press the request for extradition
with the US government, she said.
India had made requests for Anderson's extradition
earlier, the last being in 2008 but these have not been
entertained by the US.
The Attorney General will examine whether a curative
petition could be filed in the Supreme Court for
reconsideration of the compensation amount earlier settled at
US $ 470 million, the minister said.
The Cabinet meeting, chaired by the country's Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh, decided that ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh
would be given to the kin of each killed in the tragedy, Rs 5
lakh to those who suffered permanent disability, Rs two lakh
each to people who suffered cancer and total renal failure and
Rs one lakh to those with temporary disability.
The ex-gratia would benefit 45,000 affected people and
the amount would be paid after adjusting the compensation
already paid, Soni said.
The government also announced various packages for
remediation, rehabilitation and other measures, taking the
total spending to Rs 1265.56 crore. PTI SKU
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New Delhi, June 24 (PTI) Under attack over Bhopal gas
tragedy issue, the Indian government Thursday decided to push
for extradition of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson
and ascertain the liability of Dow Chemicals besides
announcing a Rs 1265.56 crore package for relief and
remediation.
The Union Cabinet, which considered the report of the
Group of Ministers on the 1984 disaster, accepted all its 22
recommendations but did not fix liability on anybody.
It decided to challenge the June 7 verdict of Bhopal
trial court, which led to an outrage, in the Sessions Court to
"correct the errors" in the quantum of punishment and amount
of fine imposed on the accused.
The government also decided to file a petition in the
Supreme Court for review of its judgement of September 9,
1996, by which the "graver sections" of the (Indian Penal
Code) IPC were quashed.
It decided that "appropriate applications will be filed
before the courts concerned and request the courts, especially
the High Court, to expeditiously decide the question of
liability of Dow Chemicals Company and/ or any other successor
to UCC/UCIL," India's Information and Broadcasting Minister
Ambika Soni told reporters after the meeting.
On Anderson, the Cabinet decided that additional material
in support of the request for his extradition may be put
together by concerned agencies and the Indian External Affairs
Ministry would thereafter press the request for extradition
with the US government, she said.
India had made requests for Anderson's extradition
earlier, the last being in 2008 but these have not been
entertained by the US.
The Attorney General will examine whether a curative
petition could be filed in the Supreme Court for
reconsideration of the compensation amount earlier settled at
US $ 470 million, the minister said.
The Cabinet meeting, chaired by the country's Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh, decided that ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh
would be given to the kin of each killed in the tragedy, Rs 5
lakh to those who suffered permanent disability, Rs two lakh
each to people who suffered cancer and total renal failure and
Rs one lakh to those with temporary disability.
The ex-gratia would benefit 45,000 affected people and
the amount would be paid after adjusting the compensation
already paid, Soni said.
The government also announced various packages for
remediation, rehabilitation and other measures, taking the
total spending to Rs 1265.56 crore. PTI SKU
RDM
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