New Delhi: Real estate tycoon Sushil Ansal, convicted in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire case, on Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court seeking an injunction against the release of the web series ‘Trial by Fire, which is said to be based on the incident and is scheduled to be released on Netflix on January 13.
The 83-year-old man’s suit, which also seeks to restrict the circulation and publication of a book titled ‘Trial by Fire – The Tragic Story of the Uphaar Tragedy’, is coming up for hearing before Justice Yashwant Varma on the 11th.
Ansal said in his plea that he has been “punished both legally and socially” and the release of the series, which is said to be based on a book written by a couple who lost their two children in a fire, would cause irreparable harm. his reputation and violation of his right to privacy.
A massive fire broke out at the Uphaar Cinema during the screening of the Hindi film ‘Border’ on June 13, 1997, claiming 59 lives.
In 2017, the Supreme Court finally decided the case and ordered Sushil Ansal, now 83, and his brother Gopal Ansal, 74, to pay a fine of ₹30 million each.
The Supreme Court then released Sushil Ansal considering the time he had already spent in jail.
The Ansal brothers and two others were later found guilty of tampering with evidence related to the Uphaar cinema fire trial.