The Supreme Court on Wednesday held real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal guilty in the 1997 Uphaar cinema tragedy that claimed the lives of 59 people saying they were more interested about making money than ensuring safety of the cinegoers.
Real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking de-sealing of the Uphaar cinema hall where 59 cine-goers had lost their lives in 1997 in a blaze when a Bollywood movie was being screened.
Promoter of the Ansal Group, Sushil Ansal on Thursday apologised in the Supreme Court to the families of the victims of Uphaar tragedy in which 59 cinema-goers were killed in a blaze in 1997.
The convicts, out on bail, were taken into the custody after the order was pronounced.
A Delhi court on Friday convicted real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal for tampering with evidence in the 1997 case of Uphaar Cinema fire which claimed 59 lives.
A Delhi court on Tuesday ordered the release of real estate tycoons Sushil and Gopal Ansal against the jail term already undergone by them in a case of tampering with evidence in the case related to the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire, which had claimed 59 lives.
On February 9, 2017, the apex court had by a 2:1 majority verdict given relief to 78-year-old Sushil Ansal considering his "advanced age-related complications" by awarding him the jail term which he had already served. It had, however, asked his younger sibling Gopal Ansal to serve the remaining one year jail term in the case.
In terms of casualties, Friday's fire at the commercial building was the largest since the blaze at a factory in the Anaj Mandi area and the second largest since the Uphaar Cinema tragedy in 1997.
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Kumar had told the court in evidence that unauthorised plywood partitions set up by the tenants inside the building had severely hampered passage when people from the balcony were rushed out to the open-air terrace, Saxena said.
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The cinema hall will be given within one month of the conclusion of defence evidence in the criminal case pending trial at Patiala House.
The NDRF said the building was filled with hazardous carbon monoxide.
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Kanth has challenged the 2010 trial court order summoning him for allowing extra seats in Uphaar cinema hall where 59 people died in a blaze in 1997.
Over 50 employees of the company whose office was located on the first floor were rescued while 27 bodies have been found.
A Delhi court rejected the Central Bureau of Investigation's report giving a clean chit to former IPS officer Amod Kanth in Uphaar cinema hall fire tragedy, saying there was sufficient evidence to prosecute him for allowing extra seats in the hall where 59 movie-watchers died in a blaze in 1997.
A chronology of the events in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case.
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain an application filed by the Ansal brothers seeking review of their bail cancellation in the Uphaar cinema tragedy case.
The Delhi high court on Thursday allowed criminal prosecution of Ansal brothers, owners of Uphaar Cinema, for allegedly tampering with evidence in the Uphaar fire case in which 59 people were killed and several others injured 12 years ago.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted an interim relief of Rs 5.14 crore to dependents and injured victims of Uphaar cinema hall tragedy, which claimed 59 lives and injured 103 people in New Delhi in June 1997.
Two former Uphaar cinema managers, undergoing seven years' rigorous imprisonment in the 1997 cinema hall fire tragedy case, on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging their conviction.
The notice comes within a week of the court granting them bail and ordering suspension of their two-year jail term. Apart from the Ansal brothers, the court also issued notices to three other convicts and the CBI.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled the bail of Sushil and Gopal Ansal, who were sentenced to two years of imprisonment by the trial court in the Uphaar fire tragedy, which claimed 59 lives. Sushil and Gopal Ansal were directed by the apex court to surrender by 4 pm on Thursday.
In a brief submission, CBI's senior counsel Harish Salve told a bench of Justices B N Aggarwal and G S Singhvi that the agency had executed bailable warrants against Sushil Ansal on August 23 and against Gopal on August 25. The two were granted bail soon after their arrest.
The counsel for convicts had on Wednesday submitted that they should either be sentenced only to a fine or be released on probation; a custodial punishment was not mandatory for the provisions of the law under which they have been held guilty.
A Delhi court on Wednesday deferred the hearing till Thursday on the quantum of punishment in the Uphaar cinema tragedy case as the arguments remained inconclusive.
A bench of Justices B N Aggarwal and G S Singhvi passed the orders on an appeal filed by the Uphaar Victims Welfare Association, challenging the grant of the bail.
An association set up by the family members of the Uphaar tragedy - the All Victims of Uphaar Tragedy on Tuesday moved a petition before the Delhi High Court seeking the enhancement of punishment of the two-year jail sentence awarded to the Ansal brothers in the fire tragedy case. The petition comes close on the heels of Gopal and Sushil Ansal, owners of the Uphaar cinema hall, getting bail from High Court after the trial court sentenced them to two-year imprisonment.
As Additional Sessions Judge Mamta Sehgal pronounced the judgment convicting 12 people for the infamous Uphaar tragedy, there was no emotion on the faces of those waiting for justice. They had been waiting to hear the words for the last 10 years.
The case pertains to the tragedy that occurred on June 13, 1997, when a fire broke out at the popular theatre during a screening of the film Border. A transformer installed in the basement of the theatre had caught fire.
Uphaar victims families gathered outside the cinema house in south Delhi that claimed 59 of their loved ones' lives in a fire that raged for hours.
The Supreme Court on Monday admitted petitions filed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi police challenging a high court order asking them to pay Rs 2.26 crore each as compensation.
Dense toxic smoke from burning sewing machines, plastic toys and boxes, rexin rolls, plastic wrappers, card boards, packaging material and garments had engulfed the building, making it difficult to conduct rescue operations, firefighters said.
The incident turned out to be the biggest fire tragedy in the national capital since the Uphaar Cinema blaze in 1997, when 59 people died.
The incident that claimed 43 live and left 16 injured brought back tragic memories of the Uphaar cinema hall blaze in 1997.
The party said that given the anguish expressed by the families who had waged a long legal battle, a lot needs to be done to restore the faith of families of the deceased in the country's justice delivery system.
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