Tag: district court
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Dow lawyers fill Bhopal court in criminal liability case, Railway Men series still being written, says Bhopal group
Press Statement, Bhopal, November 25. In the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Vidhan Maheshwari, a group of 10 lawyers appeared today on behalf of Dow Chemical to deny that, by this appearance, Dow was accepting the jurisdiction of the court. The criminal proceedings, from which Carbide has been a proclaimed absconder for 31…
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Dow ‘appears’ in Bhopal criminal court after two decade delay
Press Statement 3 October 2023 Today, the authorised representative of Dow Chemical USA, Ms. Amy Wilson has filed a so-called partial appearance before the court of Hon. VII CIVIL JUDGE-I Vidhan Maheshwari through its lawyers. Dow filed a one page memo stating that Bhopal Court does not have jurisdiction over the corporation as it is…
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Bhopal District Judge orders UCIL & its convicted officials to present all its arguments from 25-29 April 2022
Press Release 26 March 2022 The organisations working with the survivors of the December 84 Union Carbide disaster are hopeful that there will be an end to the long drawn out criminal appeal proceedings pending against Union Carbide India Limited, & 7 of its Indian officials since 2010. In a hearing held on 25 March…
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Bhopal organisation moves for ex-parte trial proceedings against Dow Chemical
Press Statement 13 July 2016 Leaders of all the organisations of survivors of the Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal today condemned the governments of both India and USA for the non appearance of any representative of Dow Chemical Company in the ongoing criminal case on the disaster. At the hearing in the District Court, counsel…