SC directs Gujarat Govt. to compensate Madhya Pradesh workers who died as a result of Silicosis contracted in Gujarat [Read Order]

In a landmark decision on 4th May, the Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Kurian Joseph and Rohinton Fali Nariman, directed the Gujarat Government to deposit Rs.3 lakhs each to the kin of 238 workers from Madhya Pradesh, who lost their lives due to Silicosis, an occupational disease, which they contracted while working in stone crushing in Gujarat’s Godhra district.The petition, filed...