1997 Uphaar Fire Tragedy: No Charge, Mortgage, Loan On Cinema Premises

A Delhi court has recently asserted in context to a massive blaze of Uphaar cinema hall in 1997 that, there are no subsisting charge, lien, mortgage, or loan on the premises located in Green Park Extension.

Ansal Theatres and Club Hotels Private Ltd, formerly directed by real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal, both convicted in the fire tragedy case, filed an affidavit in support of their application seeking the de-sealing of the cinema hall.

The affidavit was filed in response to an objection raised by the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) president, Neelam Krishnamoorthy, regarding any liability or loan on the theatre property.

The company’s authorized representative, Vinod Kumar Kumar Saigal, stated in the affidavit before Principal District and Sessions Judge Sanjay Garg, “I say that there is no subsisting charge, lien, mortgage, or loan on the Uphaar Cinema premises located at Green Park Extension, New Delhi (subject matter of the captioned application).”

The court is likely to pass an order on the application on August 2.

During a hearing on July 7, the court took note of the submission made by the CBI counsel, who expressed no objection to the returning of the theatre to the applicant.

Previously, on April 27, the Supreme Court granted permission to Ansal Theatres and Club Hotels Private Ltd to approach the trial court for the de-sealing of the cinema hall.