Ansal Brothers Won’t Go to Jail in Uphaar Fire Tragedy Case as Supreme Court Rejects Curative Petitions

New Delhi, Feb 20: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected curative plea filed by victims' association in connection with the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case, sparing the Ansal brothers further jail term.

A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices NV Ramana and Arun Mishra on Thursday rejected the curative plea of the Association for Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) in Uphaar cinema fire case.

"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," the bench said in its order.