Uphaar Cinema Fire Incident

The Delhi High Court Thursday declined a plea by Sushil Ansal, convicted in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire case, to stay the release of web series 'Trial by Fire' said to be based on the incident and scheduled for release on Netflix on January 13.

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 has questioned the issuance of F-token to real estate baron Sushil Ansal, convicted for the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire incident that claimed 59 lives, for getting a short validity passport.

The police on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it has started to interrogate real estate baron Sushil Ansal, convicted for the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire incident that claimed 59 lives, regarding how he got fresh passports despite criminal cases pending against him.

The Delhi High Court has said real estate baron Sushil Ansal, convicted for the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire incident that claimed 59 lives, misled the Indian government and misrepresented on oath regarding his conviction when he applied for a passport in 2013 under tatkaal scheme for which appropriate proceedings "would be warranted".

The Delhi High Court Thursday declined a plea by Sushil Ansal, convicted in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire case, to stay the release of web series 'Trial by Fire' said to be based on the incident and scheduled for release on Netflix on January 13.

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 has questioned the issuance of F-token to real estate baron Sushil Ansal, convicted for the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire incident that claimed 59 lives, for getting a short validity passport.

The police on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it has started to interrogate real estate baron Sushil Ansal, convicted for the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire incident that claimed 59 lives, regarding how he got fresh passports despite criminal cases pending against him.

The Delhi High Court has said real estate baron Sushil Ansal, convicted for the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire incident that claimed 59 lives, misled the Indian government and misrepresented on oath regarding his conviction when he applied for a passport in 2013 under tatkaal scheme for which appropriate proceedings "would be warranted".