Cases / Pesticides and agrochemicals · India · date not stated
Kasaragod endosulfan victims still awaiting compensation after court order
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Victims of endosulfan spraying in Kasaragod, Kerala, were still waiting for compensation years after a court order, and the state rather than the producer is paying. The producer's owning family sold its stake to Sumitomo in 2016.
What?
Endosulfan spraying in Kasaragod, Kerala, and the delayed compensation for those harmed Down To Earth
Where?
Kasaragod district, Kerala, India
When?
Compensation delayed five years after a court order; the sources reviewed do not date the spraying
Who?
Gained
- Excel Crop Care — Endosulfan producer; owning family sold a 24.75% stake to Sumitomo in 2016
Lost
- Government of Kerala (taxpayers) — Pays 5 lakh rupees compensation per victim; no recovery from the producer recorded
Harmed
- Endosulfan victims in Kasaragod — Still awaiting compensation Down To Earth
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Pesticide spraying; compensation paid from state funds rather than by the producer
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Compensation for endosulfan victims in Kasaragod was delayed, Down To Earth reported.
Compensation was still unpaid five years after a court order, according to the sources reviewed.
The producer, Excel Crop Care, paid no compensation, and in 2016 its owning family sold a 24.75% stake to Sumitomo for about 343 crore rupees.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: endosulfan was sprayed on cashew plantations of the Kerala State Plantation Corporation from 1976 to 2001.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: 6,727 victims identified, a 2017 Supreme Court compensation order, and payment approved for only 977 people in February 2026 (Onmanorama).
- Disputed The victim list is disputed; the sources reviewed do not settle the count.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- Endosulfan compensation delayed in KeralaDown To Earth ·
- Kasaragod endosulfan victims compensationOnmanorama · 2026-02-27
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Related matters, and cases linked to this one through the same organisations, with the role each played in both.
- Kerala endosulfan compensation delayed as producer's Shroff family sells stake India · 2011–2026
- Excel Crop Care (Company) — here: Endosulfan producer; there: Endosulfan producer, about 60% of production according to the sources reviewed
- Sumitomo (Company) — here: Bought a 24.75% stake in the producer in 2016; there: Buyer of the Shroff family's stake and of Excel's endosulfan share
- Compensation for Kerala endosulfan victims reported delayed India · 2011–2022
- Government of Kerala (Government) — here: Pays compensation to victims; there: state government; reported as responsible for compensation
- Western Ghats protection plan left unimplemented; Wayanad villages were listed India · 2011–2024
- Government of Kerala (Government) — here: Pays compensation to victims; there: opposed the proposal