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DATE DOCUMENT
TYPE
   
1985
  Report of International Union Investigation into cause of Bhopal disaster
 
1989  
Settlement between Union Carbide and the Government of India
 
1991 Supreme Court of India judgement, modifying the 1989 settlement
 
 
1999
November Greenpeace report, The Bhopal Legacy, investigating contamination of soil and ground water in and around the abandoned and now-derelict Union Carbide factory site in Bhopal

15 November The case against Union Carbide in the US: Read the full suit
   
2000
10 January Depositions in the Bhopal criminal case against Union Carbide
4 February The case against Union Carbide in the US: Amended class action complaint
8 March Latest depositions on the Bhopal criminal case against Union Carbide
April Class Action suit agaimst Dow Chemical - full suit
3 May Class action suit against Dow Chemical regarding merger
with Union Carbide is announced
3 May Plaintiff's opposition to Warren Anderson's motion to dismiss
3 May The case against Union Carbide in the US: update
4 - 5 May Proceedings before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhopal
Criminal Case No. RT- 8460/96
28 June Proceedings before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhopal
on June 27-28, 2000 in Criminal Case No. RT- 8460/96 
5 August Action against Anderson (part of class action complaint brought against Union Carbide and its former chairman, Warren Anderson in the Southern District of New York, UNITED STATES)
28 August Survivors' organisations appeal against dismissal of suit
1 December Update on the U.S cases
 
2001
March Suit brought by Dow Chemical against The National Campaign for Justice in Bhopal
     
2002  
Surviving Bhopal 2002: Toxic present, toxic future. A report by the Fact Finding Mission on Bhopal. Lead, mercury and organochlorines found in breast milk of local women.
(Word document).