New Delhi :Industrialist Keshub Mahindra, found guilty of criminal laxity with six others in the Bhopal gas disaster, Wednesday found support from an apex chamber that wanted changes in the liabilities of non-executive directors in such incidents.
"The law regarding potential liability of non-executive and independent directors needs to undergo a change," said a statement issued by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), quoting its president Hari Bhartia. "Non-executive directors cannot be made to undergo the ordeal of a trial for offence of non-compliance with a statutory provision...
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