Uphaar Cinema Hall

A Delhi court today ordered the de-sealing of Uphaar cinema hall, where 59 cinemagoers were killed in a massive blaze in 1997, saying "absolutely no purpose would be served to keep the property sealed".

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Ansal Theaters and Clubotels Private Ltd, whose former directors were real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal, to move the trial court for de-sealing of Uphaar cinema hall.

A fire broke out today at Delhi's Uphaar Cinema Hall where a deadly blaze had killed 59 people in 1997.

After 22 years of one of the deadliest fires in the capital, the authorities have still not learnt their lesson and have shown to be committing same mistakes which had then led to choking death of 59 people at the Uphaar cinema hall in the posh south Delhi area, say survivors of that tragedy.

Twenty years after the Uphaar fire tragedy, which killed 59 people at the cinema hall in posh South Delhi, real estate baron Gopal Ansal, 67, surrendered in court to undergo jail term in the case

The Supreme Court will decide today whether to reconsider its November 2015 judgment, imposing a hefty fine payable within three months or a two-year jail term to Ansal brothers in the 1997 Uphaar tragedy, in which 59 people died during a fire at the cinema hall in posh South Delhi.

Real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal today moved Supreme Court seeking the de-sealing of the Uphaar cinema hall where 59 people had lost their lives in 1997 in a fire during the screening of a movie.

The Ansal brothers, real estate barons, must go to jail, the CBI says, but was denied the permission to argue its point in the Supreme Court, which yesterday said the builders will pay a 60-crore fine for criminal negligence but will not be arrested.

It was in March last year that the conviction of businessmen Sushil and Gopal Ansal was upheld by the Supreme Court for criminal negligence leading to the Uphaar cinema fire tragedy which killed 59 people and injured hundred others in 1997.

Sushil Ansal, owner of the Uphaar Cinema hall, which was burnt 15 years ago, killing 59 people, today apologised to Neelam Krishnamurthy, who had lost both her children in the tragedy.

The Supreme Court is expected to deliver its verdict on compensation to the victims of the 1997 Uphaar cinema tragedy today. Fifty-nine people had died and over 100 were injured when there was a big fire at Uphaar cinema hall, in the heart of south Delhi, while a film was being screened on the evening of June 13, 1997. The fire started in the parki...

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.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on an application filed by Ansal brothers, owners of Uphaar Cinema, seeking permission for ",productive use", of the hall which was sealed after a fire tragedy which left 59 cinegoers dead 11 years ago.

The Delhi High Court on Monday decided to hear a petition filed by Uphaar cinema fire victims seeking enhancement of the two-year jail sentence awarded to the Ansal brothers, owners of the hall, for 59 cinegoers' death in the 1997 tragedy.

A Delhi court today ordered the de-sealing of Uphaar cinema hall, where 59 cinemagoers were killed in a massive blaze in 1997, saying "absolutely no purpose would be served to keep the property sealed".

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Ansal Theaters and Clubotels Private Ltd, whose former directors were real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal, to move the trial court for de-sealing of Uphaar cinema hall.

A fire broke out today at Delhi's Uphaar Cinema Hall where a deadly blaze had killed 59 people in 1997.

After 22 years of one of the deadliest fires in the capital, the authorities have still not learnt their lesson and have shown to be committing same mistakes which had then led to choking death of 59 people at the Uphaar cinema hall in the posh south Delhi area, say survivors of that tragedy.

Twenty years after the Uphaar fire tragedy, which killed 59 people at the cinema hall in posh South Delhi, real estate baron Gopal Ansal, 67, surrendered in court to undergo jail term in the case

The Supreme Court will decide today whether to reconsider its November 2015 judgment, imposing a hefty fine payable within three months or a two-year jail term to Ansal brothers in the 1997 Uphaar tragedy, in which 59 people died during a fire at the cinema hall in posh South Delhi.

Real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal today moved Supreme Court seeking the de-sealing of the Uphaar cinema hall where 59 people had lost their lives in 1997 in a fire during the screening of a movie.

The Ansal brothers, real estate barons, must go to jail, the CBI says, but was denied the permission to argue its point in the Supreme Court, which yesterday said the builders will pay a 60-crore fine for criminal negligence but will not be arrested.

It was in March last year that the conviction of businessmen Sushil and Gopal Ansal was upheld by the Supreme Court for criminal negligence leading to the Uphaar cinema fire tragedy which killed 59 people and injured hundred others in 1997.

Sushil Ansal, owner of the Uphaar Cinema hall, which was burnt 15 years ago, killing 59 people, today apologised to Neelam Krishnamurthy, who had lost both her children in the tragedy.

The Supreme Court is expected to deliver its verdict on compensation to the victims of the 1997 Uphaar cinema tragedy today. Fifty-nine people had died and over 100 were injured when there was a big fire at Uphaar cinema hall, in the heart of south Delhi, while a film was being screened on the evening of June 13, 1997. The fire started in the parki...

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.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on an application filed by Ansal brothers, owners of Uphaar Cinema, seeking permission for ",productive use", of the hall which was sealed after a fire tragedy which left 59 cinegoers dead 11 years ago.

The Delhi High Court on Monday decided to hear a petition filed by Uphaar cinema fire victims seeking enhancement of the two-year jail sentence awarded to the Ansal brothers, owners of the hall, for 59 cinegoers' death in the 1997 tragedy.