corporate environmental liability

Cases establishing the long-term responsibility of parent or successor corporations for historic contamination

Bhopal Union Carbide Toxic Waste Transfer and Disposal Case
  1. Bhopal Union Carbide Toxic Waste Transfer and Disposal Case
  2. Jurisdiction: India (2025)
  3. VictimsResidents of BhopalResidents of PithampurBhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog SangathanDefendantsUnion Carbide CorporationDow Chemical CompanyGovernment of Madhya PradeshPlaintiffsGovernment of IndiaBhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog SangathanBhopal Group for Information and ActionProsecutorsSupreme Court of India Amicus CuriaePlaintiff AttorneysSanjay ParikhKaruna NundyInstitutionsSupreme Court of IndiaCentral Pollution Control BoardMadhya Pradesh Pollution Control BoardNational Green Tribunal
  4. Case Tags: hazardous waste transfer;corporate environmental liability;public interest litigation;polluter pays principle