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The Delhi High Court had on December 19, 2008 reduced their prison sentence to a year for negligence causing the death of 59 cinema-goers trapped in the Uphaar fire in 1997.
The Ansal brothers were released on a personal bond of Rs 10,000. But the bench of Justices S B Sinha and V S Sirpurkar directed them to file a response to a plea by the Association of the Victims of the Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT), which challenged the one-year sentence. The bench also issued notices on the appeal filed by the real estate tycoons challenging the High Court decision to hold them guilty of negligence in the first place.
The apex court’s order comes in the backdrop of the recusal (withdrawal) by Justice B N Aggrawal from the case after senior counsel Ram Jethmalani asked him to do so. Justice Aggrawal had earlier cancelled their brothers’ bail.
The bench, in a way, has now reversed the apex court’s earlier order canceling the duo’s bail following allegations from AVUT that the accused had tampered with judicial records. On September 10 last year, a bench of Justices B N Aggrawal and G S Singhvi had cancelled the bail granted by High Court.
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