Ansal Family

The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the response of the city police to a plea by a former employee of the Ansal family seeking setting aside of his conviction and sentence for tampering with evidence in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case.

A plea by the families of those who died in a fire at south Delhi's Uphaar theatre in 1997 to reopen the case has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. An association of the families had sought more jail time for the entrepreneur brothers Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal for negligence, leading to the horrific fire that killed 59, an incident that later...

The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld a trial court order framing charges of tampering of evidence against real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal in a case relating to the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy.

There is no getting away from jail for real estate tycoon Gopal Ansal, sentenced to a one-year jail term for the 1997 fire in Uphaar cinema fire that killed 59 people, the Supreme Court decided on Thursday. The top court ordered him to surrender by March 20. He will have to spend seven months behind bars since he had already spent four months in Ti...

Nineteen years have passed since a summer day in 1997 when 59 people died, most of them choking to death, and 103 were injured, in a fire at the Uphaar theatre in Delhi but for families of the victims, closure is still elusive.

The Supreme Court today assured the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) that it will accord an early open court hearing of its plea seeking review of its 2015 verdict by which real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal were required to serve two-year jail term if they failed to pay Rs 30 crore each.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has promised to check whether he can reject the Rs 60 crore that builders Gopal and Sushil Ansal have been asked to pay as fine by the Supreme Court in the Uphaar case, the mother of two children who died in the devastating fire at the south Delhi cinema, has said.

"I spent 13 years with my son and 17 (years) with my daughter, but in this case I've spent 18 long years to get justice for my children," says Neelam Krishnamoorthy, her voice choking with emotion.

The Uphaar victims' families have been fighting for justice for a long time. Now, one such victim's mother, Neelam Krishnamurthy, Convenor of the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy has questions on the Supreme Court's judgement of granting bail to Susheel and Gopal Ansal.

At first came the news that many families were hoping for -- that the Ansals are indeed guilty. And then, just minutes later the shock that this was far from a victory. The Ansals' time in prison was reduced to one year exactly half what an earlier verdict had sentenced them to.

Family members of the victims of Uphaar fire tragedy on Friday expressed shock and anguish over the Delhi High Court's decision to reduce the sentence awarded to the cinema hall owners Sushil and Gopal Ansal from two years to one year.

Uphaar cinema owners Sushil and Gopal Ansals were on Thursday issued a notice by the Delhi High Court, which admitted a petition by victims' families seeking enhancement of their punishment in the 1993 fire tragedy.

The Delhi High court on Thursday issued notices to convicted Ansal brothers and three others, including the CBI, on a petition filed by families of the victims of the Uphaar tragedy.

The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the response of the city police to a plea by a former employee of the Ansal family seeking setting aside of his conviction and sentence for tampering with evidence in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case.

A plea by the families of those who died in a fire at south Delhi's Uphaar theatre in 1997 to reopen the case has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. An association of the families had sought more jail time for the entrepreneur brothers Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal for negligence, leading to the horrific fire that killed 59, an incident that later...

The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld a trial court order framing charges of tampering of evidence against real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal in a case relating to the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy.

There is no getting away from jail for real estate tycoon Gopal Ansal, sentenced to a one-year jail term for the 1997 fire in Uphaar cinema fire that killed 59 people, the Supreme Court decided on Thursday. The top court ordered him to surrender by March 20. He will have to spend seven months behind bars since he had already spent four months in Ti...

Nineteen years have passed since a summer day in 1997 when 59 people died, most of them choking to death, and 103 were injured, in a fire at the Uphaar theatre in Delhi but for families of the victims, closure is still elusive.

The Supreme Court today assured the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) that it will accord an early open court hearing of its plea seeking review of its 2015 verdict by which real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal were required to serve two-year jail term if they failed to pay Rs 30 crore each.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has promised to check whether he can reject the Rs 60 crore that builders Gopal and Sushil Ansal have been asked to pay as fine by the Supreme Court in the Uphaar case, the mother of two children who died in the devastating fire at the south Delhi cinema, has said.

"I spent 13 years with my son and 17 (years) with my daughter, but in this case I've spent 18 long years to get justice for my children," says Neelam Krishnamoorthy, her voice choking with emotion.

The Uphaar victims' families have been fighting for justice for a long time. Now, one such victim's mother, Neelam Krishnamurthy, Convenor of the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy has questions on the Supreme Court's judgement of granting bail to Susheel and Gopal Ansal.

At first came the news that many families were hoping for -- that the Ansals are indeed guilty. And then, just minutes later the shock that this was far from a victory. The Ansals' time in prison was reduced to one year exactly half what an earlier verdict had sentenced them to.

Family members of the victims of Uphaar fire tragedy on Friday expressed shock and anguish over the Delhi High Court's decision to reduce the sentence awarded to the cinema hall owners Sushil and Gopal Ansal from two years to one year.

Uphaar cinema owners Sushil and Gopal Ansals were on Thursday issued a notice by the Delhi High Court, which admitted a petition by victims' families seeking enhancement of their punishment in the 1993 fire tragedy.

The Delhi High court on Thursday issued notices to convicted Ansal brothers and three others, including the CBI, on a petition filed by families of the victims of the Uphaar tragedy.