Thursday, November 29, 2007
A courageous face
Read the article. While this young girl was tortured in public view many adults were busy filming the scene in their cameras, instead of doing something to save her.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Dead man is always good
I started by reading this interesting headline
The Judge who got union carbide pay up was respected internationally.
WTF is that, i have never heard the word justice used in any of the articles speaking about the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. And now the justice who presided over the main case against Union Carbide is called the Just Justice. Just because he is dead? Read this article by IE.
A man who holds the distinction of being the youngest person to be appointed as a judge, will also be remembered for his landmark ruling in on one of the worst ‘manmade’ disasters — the Bhopal gas tragedy. As the CJI, he headed the bench that directed the US multinational Union Carbide to enter a settlement with the Indian Government, underlining that interest and welfare of lakhs of people affected by the gas leakage was paramount.
Although Justice Pathak in February 1989 refrained from issuing any directions for launching criminal proceedings against top officials of the US firm responsible for the tragedy, he did his bit in offering relief and rehabilitation to the victims by expeditiously settling the case. It was his landmark ruling wherein the Union Carbide was asked to pay $470 million as a full and final settlement to the Indian Government for payment to the victims.
Now that is some reporting(and i read a few more obituaries all describing this judgement as a success). This settlement(the landmark judgement as per IE) was considered a treason by the victims and if i may say the general indian conscience then, as the damages agreed in the settlement was 15% for the original damage claim($750 million as to $3 billion as per this article) and it gave Union Carbide full immunity from criminal proceedings. It was an out of court settlement, it let the company pay just a fraction of the damages they caused and gave them immunity from prosecution for one of the most deadly industrial crimes that was ever committed. And there were very clear evidence that the tragedy was a result of systematic negligence from the company's side.
I heard about this judge for the first time when my history teacher, Stephen Sir mentioned this judgement in our 10th standard class. I remember him, emotionally charged, explaining how this judge has betrayed the victims of the Gas Tragedy and his country by siding up with Union Carbide. He went on to tell us that he later on applied for post in international court of justice and when he asked the support from indian government for this posting, another international agency(i forgot the name) adviced the government to not support him based on his controversial verdict on Bhopal Gas Tragedy. I don't know whether indian government supported him, but he did become a judge in International Court Of Justice.
This judge relinquished his post as a CJI(Chief Justice Of India) soon after delivering this judgement(without completing his tenure) to leave the country and take up the post at International Court Of Justice. To me all these are just indications as to what happened in that case.
The Judge who got union carbide pay up was respected internationally.
WTF is that, i have never heard the word justice used in any of the articles speaking about the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. And now the justice who presided over the main case against Union Carbide is called the Just Justice. Just because he is dead? Read this article by IE.
A man who holds the distinction of being the youngest person to be appointed as a judge, will also be remembered for his landmark ruling in on one of the worst ‘manmade’ disasters — the Bhopal gas tragedy. As the CJI, he headed the bench that directed the US multinational Union Carbide to enter a settlement with the Indian Government, underlining that interest and welfare of lakhs of people affected by the gas leakage was paramount.
Although Justice Pathak in February 1989 refrained from issuing any directions for launching criminal proceedings against top officials of the US firm responsible for the tragedy, he did his bit in offering relief and rehabilitation to the victims by expeditiously settling the case. It was his landmark ruling wherein the Union Carbide was asked to pay $470 million as a full and final settlement to the Indian Government for payment to the victims.
Now that is some reporting(and i read a few more obituaries all describing this judgement as a success). This settlement(the landmark judgement as per IE) was considered a treason by the victims and if i may say the general indian conscience then, as the damages agreed in the settlement was 15% for the original damage claim($750 million as to $3 billion as per this article) and it gave Union Carbide full immunity from criminal proceedings. It was an out of court settlement, it let the company pay just a fraction of the damages they caused and gave them immunity from prosecution for one of the most deadly industrial crimes that was ever committed. And there were very clear evidence that the tragedy was a result of systematic negligence from the company's side.
I heard about this judge for the first time when my history teacher, Stephen Sir mentioned this judgement in our 10th standard class. I remember him, emotionally charged, explaining how this judge has betrayed the victims of the Gas Tragedy and his country by siding up with Union Carbide. He went on to tell us that he later on applied for post in international court of justice and when he asked the support from indian government for this posting, another international agency(i forgot the name) adviced the government to not support him based on his controversial verdict on Bhopal Gas Tragedy. I don't know whether indian government supported him, but he did become a judge in International Court Of Justice.
This judge relinquished his post as a CJI(Chief Justice Of India) soon after delivering this judgement(without completing his tenure) to leave the country and take up the post at International Court Of Justice. To me all these are just indications as to what happened in that case.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Friday, November 09, 2007
giggles
Receptionist to young hot couple : What were you guys doing between 2Am and 4Am today.
Couple(giggling): We were wrestling.
Receptionist : The person next door, he didn't quite like that noise you were making(giggle), can you wrestle at some other time please.
Couple : Giggles
Receptionist : That must have been quite a long wrestle(giggles).
And I felt so happy for the couple, and was surprised that I was not even a bit envious.
Couple(giggling): We were wrestling.
Receptionist : The person next door, he didn't quite like that noise you were making(giggle), can you wrestle at some other time please.
Couple : Giggles
Receptionist : That must have been quite a long wrestle(giggles).
And I felt so happy for the couple, and was surprised that I was not even a bit envious.
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