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Bhopal Gas Tragedy | Supreme Court Constitution Bench dismisses Centre's plea for enhanced compensation from Union Carbide Corporation

The Constitution Bench dismissed the curative petition seeking enhancement of compensation for the victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy.

Union of India v. Union Carbide Corporation

Lex posterior derogat priori

A later law repeals an earlier law

Res Judicata

The principle that a final judgment on a matter is conclusive

Jurisdiction

The authority of a court to hear and decide a case

"Justice is not only a principle but a practice."

- Anonymous

Erin Brockovich (2000)

An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company.

The Structures of the Criminal Law

by R. A. Duff