Uphaar Case Victim Families

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...

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...

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.

"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 tragedy became a show of solidarity when families of the victims came together on Sunday with a different sort of protest against the delay in justice for their lost ones.

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.

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...

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...

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.

"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 tragedy became a show of solidarity when families of the victims came together on Sunday with a different sort of protest against the delay in justice for their lost ones.

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.