<P> In February 1989, the Supreme Court of India directed UCC and UCIL to pay $470 million to settle all claims arising from the tragedy . The government, UCC and UCIL agreed with the ruling, and the two companies paid the settlement on 24 February . </P> <P> UCIL maintained a low profile in the post-Bhopal period . The chairman, Keshub Mahindra, and the Bhopal factory manager, J. Mukund, moved on to new positions . Most of the Bhopal plant managers left the company after the plant closed . UCIL closed the pesticide plant and reduced the Research and Development Center in Bhopal to a skeleton staff . </P> <P> Following the tragedy, the Government of India took control of the property . In 1994, Union Carbide sold its shares in UCIL to McLeod Russell . UCIL was subsequently renamed (Eveready Industries) India Ltd . (EIIL). As part of this transaction, EIIL became the property leaser and assumed responsibility for the site environmental cleanup . </P> <P> On 14 January 1987, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a decision by the U.S. District Court to send the legal case against UCC to India . It ruled UCIL was a separate and independent legal entity managed and staffed by Indian citizens . </P>

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