Uphaar Cinema Fire: Court Seeks Ansal Brothers' Reply To Police's Plea
NDTV
The judge also condoned the delay by the Delhi Police in filing the revision petition saying, "I will condone the delay in a matter like this".
The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the response of real estate tycoons Sushil and Gopal Ansal to a plea by the Delhi Police seeking enhancement of punishment for allegedly tampering with evidence in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire which claimed 59 lives.
The police have challenged the trial court's July 19, 2022 order releasing the Ansal brothers. Their punishment of around eight months was set off against the period they had already spent in jail.
Justice A J Bhambhani issued notice to the Ansals, former court staff Dinesh Chand Sharma and the Ansal's former employee P P Batra and asked them to file replies to the police's petition.
It also asked the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) to file the reply and fixed the matter for further hearing on April 13, when other related petitions have been listed.
