Supreme Court dismisses curative petitions in Uphaar Cinema case

"We have gone through the curative petitions and the relevant documents. In our opinion, no case is made out."

Uphaar tragedy: Victims’ association for stricter laws

She said: “But the final verdict of the Supreme Court we believe is certain to go down in the history as a travesty of justice.

The kins of people who lost their lives in the fire believes that justice was still denied to them.

At least 59 people had died and over 100 others were injured in the stampede after fire broke out in Uphaar cinema on June, 1997.

Gopal has sought relief that he should not be asked to serve one-year jail term like his elder brother Sushil Ansal.