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Uphaar Cinema Fire Victims Seek Enhanced Punishment For Ansal Brothers
The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the reply of real estate tycoons Sushil and Gopal Ansal on a plea by the victims seeking enhancement of the punishment for tampering with evidence in the 1997Uphaarcinema fire case.
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Uphaar Cinema Fire: Court Notice On Plea Challenging Jail To Ansals
A Delhi court Wednesday sought response from the government and Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) on appeals challenging 7-year jail terms awarded to real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal for tampering with evidence in the 1997 case
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Uphaar Convict's Plea To Cross Examine Witness Attempt To Delay Trial: Victims' Group
The Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) Wednesday opposed a plea by real estate baron Sushil Ansal, facing prosecution in a case relating to tampering with the evidence in the main Uphaar fire tragedy matter, seeking to cross examine the
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Supreme Court Delivers Justice When There Is Public Outrage: Petitioner In Uphaar Cinema Case
"The Supreme Court delivers justice only when there is a public outrage or a media campaign", a despondent Neelam Krishnamoorthy said as the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the curative petition filed by an association of the victims of the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case, sparing the Ansal brothers further jail term.
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Uphaar Fire: No Further Jail Term For Ansals, Supreme Court Rejects Plea
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...
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Delhi High Court Seeks Details Of Uphaar Case From Trial Court
The Delhi High Court today sought details of a case relating to the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy, which was being heard by a lower court, on a plea by the victims' body seeking an expeditious trial in the matter.
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Delhi High Court Seeks Details Of Uphaar Fire Tragedy Case From Trial Court
The Delhi High Court today sought details of a case relating to the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy which was being heard by a trial court, after the victims' body moved a plea for speedy trial in the matter.
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Uphaar Fire: Two Asked To Tender Unconditional Apology For Threats To Victim Association's Chairperson
Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) chairperson Neelam Krishnamurthy lost two minor children in the Uphaar fire tragedy and has been fighting a legal battle for justice on behalf of the victims' families for the last 20 years.
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Uphaar Cinema Fire Tragedy: Builder Gopal Ansal Living On Charity, Claims Lawyer. Request Refused
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...
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Uphaar Cinema Case: Ansals Assure Court They Will Not Leave Country
Real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal today assured the Supreme Court that they will not leave India till it commences hearing on the plea of the victims' association of the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy seeking review of its 2015 verdict.
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19 Years On, Uphaar Victims' Families Wait For Closure
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.
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Uphaar Case: Supreme Court Assures Of Early Open Court Hearing
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.
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Uphaar Tragedy: Neelam Krishnamoorthy's Plea Against Ansal Brothers Rejected
In a relief to real estate giants Ansal brothers -- Sushil and Gopal, the Supreme Court today declined a plea challenging the Delhi High Court order quashing the criminal proceedings against them for allegedly threatening the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy chairperson Neelam Krishnamoorthy and her husband.
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Murder by Willful Negligence Needs New Law, Says Uphaar Victims' Mother
A grieving mother who spearheaded the Uphaar victims' fight for justice has met Congress President Sonia Gandhi, then law minister Veerappa Moily and is now waiting to meet the current law minister, Sadananda Gowda. Her plea: Don't let what happened to my children happen to others.
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No Jail for Ansals in Uphaar Case: CBI Not Allowed to Argue Verdict, But Can File Appeal
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.
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Uphaar Cinema Fire Victims Seek Enhanced Punishment For Ansal Brothers
The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the reply of real estate tycoons Sushil and Gopal Ansal on a plea by the victims seeking enhancement of the punishment for tampering with evidence in the 1997Uphaarcinema fire case.
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Uphaar Cinema Fire: Court Notice On Plea Challenging Jail To Ansals
A Delhi court Wednesday sought response from the government and Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) on appeals challenging 7-year jail terms awarded to real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal for tampering with evidence in the 1997 case
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Uphaar Convict's Plea To Cross Examine Witness Attempt To Delay Trial: Victims' Group
The Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) Wednesday opposed a plea by real estate baron Sushil Ansal, facing prosecution in a case relating to tampering with the evidence in the main Uphaar fire tragedy matter, seeking to cross examine the
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Supreme Court Delivers Justice When There Is Public Outrage: Petitioner In Uphaar Cinema Case
"The Supreme Court delivers justice only when there is a public outrage or a media campaign", a despondent Neelam Krishnamoorthy said as the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the curative petition filed by an association of the victims of the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case, sparing the Ansal brothers further jail term.
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Uphaar Fire: No Further Jail Term For Ansals, Supreme Court Rejects Plea
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...
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Delhi High Court Seeks Details Of Uphaar Case From Trial Court
The Delhi High Court today sought details of a case relating to the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy, which was being heard by a lower court, on a plea by the victims' body seeking an expeditious trial in the matter.
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Delhi High Court Seeks Details Of Uphaar Fire Tragedy Case From Trial Court
The Delhi High Court today sought details of a case relating to the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy which was being heard by a trial court, after the victims' body moved a plea for speedy trial in the matter.
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Uphaar Fire: Two Asked To Tender Unconditional Apology For Threats To Victim Association's Chairperson
Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) chairperson Neelam Krishnamurthy lost two minor children in the Uphaar fire tragedy and has been fighting a legal battle for justice on behalf of the victims' families for the last 20 years.
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Uphaar Cinema Fire Tragedy: Builder Gopal Ansal Living On Charity, Claims Lawyer. Request Refused
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...
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Uphaar Cinema Case: Ansals Assure Court They Will Not Leave Country
Real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal today assured the Supreme Court that they will not leave India till it commences hearing on the plea of the victims' association of the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy seeking review of its 2015 verdict.
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19 Years On, Uphaar Victims' Families Wait For Closure
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.
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Uphaar Case: Supreme Court Assures Of Early Open Court Hearing
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.
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Uphaar Tragedy: Neelam Krishnamoorthy's Plea Against Ansal Brothers Rejected
In a relief to real estate giants Ansal brothers -- Sushil and Gopal, the Supreme Court today declined a plea challenging the Delhi High Court order quashing the criminal proceedings against them for allegedly threatening the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy chairperson Neelam Krishnamoorthy and her husband.
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Murder by Willful Negligence Needs New Law, Says Uphaar Victims' Mother
A grieving mother who spearheaded the Uphaar victims' fight for justice has met Congress President Sonia Gandhi, then law minister Veerappa Moily and is now waiting to meet the current law minister, Sadananda Gowda. Her plea: Don't let what happened to my children happen to others.
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No Jail for Ansals in Uphaar Case: CBI Not Allowed to Argue Verdict, But Can File Appeal
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.
