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Uphaar Cinema Fire: High Court Seeks Police Reply To Sushil Ansal's Plea
The Delhi High Court sought response of the Delhi police on a plea by real estate tycoon Sushil Ansal seeking to set aside his conviction and sentence for tampering with evidence in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire case.
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Uphaar Fire Tragedy: High Court Refuses To Stay Trial In Evidence Tampering Case Against Ansals
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay the trial in a case related to alleged tampering with the evidence of the 1997 Uphaar tragedy case in which real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal were convicted and sentenced to two-year jail term
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Uphaar Tragedy: Passport Department Officials Yet To Join Probe, High Court Told
The police told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that officials who had handled the passport application of real estate baron Sushil Ansal have not yet joined the investigation into how he got the travel document despite his conviction.
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How Was Uphaar Convict Given VVIP Status For Passport Approval: Court
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.
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Uphaar Tragedy: Non-Bailable Warrants Against Accused Sushil, Gopal Ansal
A fire at the Uphaar cinema during the screening of Hindi film "Border" on June 13, 1997 had claimed 59 lives.
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"Why Give Passport To Uphaar Convict Sushil Ansal?": Court Orders Probe
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered an enquiry by the Ministry of External Affairs against passport officers who repeatedly issued passport to Sushil Ansal despite his involvement in the case pertaining to 1997 Uphaar cinema fire which killed 59 people.
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Will Ansals Only Pay Fine In Uphaar Case? Supreme Court To Decide Today
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.
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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 Fire: Supreme Court Agrees To Reconsider Jail For Ansals
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Uphaar case once again on sentencing Ansal brothers in the 1997 Uphaar cinema tragedy.
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Uphaar Tragedy: High Court Notice To Ansal Brothers In Evidence Destruction Case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice the Ansal brothers and others on a plea seeking transfer of a case of alleged destruction of evidence in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy.
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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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Uphaar Case: Supreme Court Confirms Conviction, Sentence Of Ansals
Modifying its order, the Supreme Court today said real estate barons Ansal brothers will face two-year rigorous jail term in the Uphaar fire case, which claimed 59 lives, if they fail to pay Rs 30 crore each within three months.
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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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Chronology of Uphaar Fire Tragedy
Following is the chronology of events in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case in which the Supreme Court today allowed industrialists Sushil and Gopal Ansal to walk free and asked them to deposit a fine of Rs 30 crore each in three months
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Uphaar Cinema Fire: High Court Seeks Police Reply To Sushil Ansal's Plea
The Delhi High Court sought response of the Delhi police on a plea by real estate tycoon Sushil Ansal seeking to set aside his conviction and sentence for tampering with evidence in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire case.
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Uphaar Fire Tragedy: High Court Refuses To Stay Trial In Evidence Tampering Case Against Ansals
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay the trial in a case related to alleged tampering with the evidence of the 1997 Uphaar tragedy case in which real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal were convicted and sentenced to two-year jail term
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Uphaar Tragedy: Passport Department Officials Yet To Join Probe, High Court Told
The police told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that officials who had handled the passport application of real estate baron Sushil Ansal have not yet joined the investigation into how he got the travel document despite his conviction.
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How Was Uphaar Convict Given VVIP Status For Passport Approval: Court
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.
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Uphaar Tragedy: Non-Bailable Warrants Against Accused Sushil, Gopal Ansal
A fire at the Uphaar cinema during the screening of Hindi film "Border" on June 13, 1997 had claimed 59 lives.
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"Why Give Passport To Uphaar Convict Sushil Ansal?": Court Orders Probe
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered an enquiry by the Ministry of External Affairs against passport officers who repeatedly issued passport to Sushil Ansal despite his involvement in the case pertaining to 1997 Uphaar cinema fire which killed 59 people.
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Will Ansals Only Pay Fine In Uphaar Case? Supreme Court To Decide Today
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.
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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 Fire: Supreme Court Agrees To Reconsider Jail For Ansals
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Uphaar case once again on sentencing Ansal brothers in the 1997 Uphaar cinema tragedy.
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Uphaar Tragedy: High Court Notice To Ansal Brothers In Evidence Destruction Case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice the Ansal brothers and others on a plea seeking transfer of a case of alleged destruction of evidence in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy.
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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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Uphaar Case: Supreme Court Confirms Conviction, Sentence Of Ansals
Modifying its order, the Supreme Court today said real estate barons Ansal brothers will face two-year rigorous jail term in the Uphaar fire case, which claimed 59 lives, if they fail to pay Rs 30 crore each within three months.
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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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Chronology of Uphaar Fire Tragedy
Following is the chronology of events in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case in which the Supreme Court today allowed industrialists Sushil and Gopal Ansal to walk free and asked them to deposit a fine of Rs 30 crore each in three months
