However , this innovative jurisprudence did not help the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy , who were unable to fully prosecute a class-action litigation ( as understood in the American sense ) against Union Carbide due to procedural rules that would make such litigation impossible to conclude and unwieldy to carry out . Instead , the Government of India exercised its right of '' parens patriae '' to appropriate all the claims of the victims and proceeded to litigate on their behalf , first in the New York courts and later , in the Indian courts . Ultimately , the matter was settled between the Union of India and Union Carbide ( in a settlement overseen by the Supreme Court of India ) for a sum of as a complete settlement of all claims of all victims for all time to come
Bhopal gas tragedy
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