Uphaar tragedy: Supreme Court directs Gopal Ansal to serve 1-yr jail term

Verdict comes nearly 20 years after the Uphaar cinema tragedy in 1997 in which 59 people had died

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed real estate baron Gopal Ansal to serve one-year jail term in connection with the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case in which 59 people had died.

The apex court, in a majority verdict of 2:1, asked Gopal Ansal to surrender within four weeks to serve the remaining jail term of the one-year punishment.

However, the apex court gave relief to elder brother Sushil Ansal considering his advanced age by giving him the jail term already undergone by him, including the remission, in the case.

The majority verdict pronounced by Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Kurian Joseph