Court dismisses curative petition in Uphaar case

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 20

Ansal brothers will not have to go to jail in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case. The Supreme Court has dismissed curative petitions filed by victims. “We have gone through the curative petitions and the relevant documents. In our opinion, no case is made out…. Hence, the curative petition is dismissed,” a three-Judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said.

The Bench, which also included Justice NV Ramana and Justice Arun Mishra, didn’t agree with the Association for Victims of Uphaar Tragedy that there were infirmities in the verdict. The top court had on February 9, 2017 by a 2:1 majority verdict given relief to septuagenarian Sushil Ansal, considering his age.