Trust timeline

Submitted by ipsita on Wed, 2006-05-31 00:00

1984: Bhopal disaster

1991: The Supreme Court directs Union Carbide Corporation, USA, to finance a 500-bed hospital for the long term medical care of survivors

1992: Union Carbide's Indian shares confiscated by chief judicial magistrate of Bhopal

1992: Union Carbide sets up the Bhopal Hospital Trust (BHT) in England

1998: BHT is Indianised to form Bhopal Hospital Memorial Trust (BHMT). Supreme Court overrides order of a Bhopal court and allows sale of confiscated shares in the face of legal opposition of the survivors. The proceeds of this sale plus a sizable contribution from the Indian government go to BMHT

2000: BMHT starts functioning

Main Topic:

Environment

thesaurus:

Compensation