Gopal Ansal surrender within four weeks: SC

New Delhi: Reviewing its 2015 judgment, the Supreme Court has sentenced real estate baron Gopal Ansal to a one-year jail term over the 1997 Delhi Upahaar fire tragedy in a major victory for kin of victims. He was asked by the apex court to surrender within four weeks. Gopal had already spent four months in jail and He will now  have to serve the remainder of the sentence which is six months. The court also directed Gopal Ansal to surrender within four weeks to serve the remaining jail term. Delving on its earlier judgment in 2015, the bench hearing the case observed that the punishment must also be commensurate with public interest. Sushil Ansal, however, was let off by the top court citing his old age. While giving relief to Sushil Ansal and awarding him a jail term for a period already undergone by him, the Supreme Court said that the fine of Rs 30 crore each imposed on Sushil and Gopal Ansal by the apex court was not excessive.