Uphaar Theatre

Businessmen Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal have been sentenced to seven years in jail for tampering with evidence linked to a fire in Delhi's Uphaar theatre in 1997 that killed 59.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought to know from Delhi government about the status of construction of second trauma Centre at Dwarka here out of Rs 60 crores deposited as fine by real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal, convicted for negligence in 1997 Uphaar theatre fire tragedy case.

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...

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.

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.

The Supreme Court will today decide on whether to enhance the sentence awarded to real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal and nine others in 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case.

A Delhi court granted bail to Uphaar theatre owners Sushil and Gopal Ansal on Friday after they surrendered before it in a case of destruction of evidence relating to the 1997 fire tragedy that claimed 59 lives.

The Delhi High Court on Friday pronounced the Ansal brothers guilty in the Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case. The verdict came on an appeal filed by Uphaar cinema owners Sushil and Gopal Ansal. The appeal had challenged an earlier verdict that found them guilty of criminal negligence for a fire tragedy in the theatre in the afternoon of June 13, 199...

The Delhi High Court would hear the Uphaar cinema fire case appeals filed by convicts, including theatre owners Sushil and Gopal Ansal, on a day-to-day basis from on Monday.

Uphaar cinema owners, Sushil and Gopal Ansal, on Monday, claimed innocence in the Delhi High Court. They said the blaze in the theatre, which killed 59 cinegoers in 1997, had started from a negligently repaired Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) transformer.

Uphaar Theatre owners - Sushil and Gopal Ansal - and two others, who were convicted by a lower court for their complicity in the 1997 fire tragedy case, were today granted bail by the Delhi High Court.

Businessmen Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal have been sentenced to seven years in jail for tampering with evidence linked to a fire in Delhi's Uphaar theatre in 1997 that killed 59.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought to know from Delhi government about the status of construction of second trauma Centre at Dwarka here out of Rs 60 crores deposited as fine by real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal, convicted for negligence in 1997 Uphaar theatre fire tragedy case.

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...

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.

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.

The Supreme Court will today decide on whether to enhance the sentence awarded to real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal and nine others in 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case.

A Delhi court granted bail to Uphaar theatre owners Sushil and Gopal Ansal on Friday after they surrendered before it in a case of destruction of evidence relating to the 1997 fire tragedy that claimed 59 lives.

The Delhi High Court on Friday pronounced the Ansal brothers guilty in the Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case. The verdict came on an appeal filed by Uphaar cinema owners Sushil and Gopal Ansal. The appeal had challenged an earlier verdict that found them guilty of criminal negligence for a fire tragedy in the theatre in the afternoon of June 13, 199...

The Delhi High Court would hear the Uphaar cinema fire case appeals filed by convicts, including theatre owners Sushil and Gopal Ansal, on a day-to-day basis from on Monday.

Uphaar cinema owners, Sushil and Gopal Ansal, on Monday, claimed innocence in the Delhi High Court. They said the blaze in the theatre, which killed 59 cinegoers in 1997, had started from a negligently repaired Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) transformer.

Uphaar Theatre owners - Sushil and Gopal Ansal - and two others, who were convicted by a lower court for their complicity in the 1997 fire tragedy case, were today granted bail by the Delhi High Court.