Delhi HC reserves order on Sushil Ansal’s plea seeking injection on Abhay Deol starrer Trial By Fire : Bollywood News

A few days back, streaming giant Netflix dropped the trailer of its upcoming web series Trial By Fire, starring Abhay Deol and Rajshri Deshpande. The upcoming web show will narrate the story of one of the biggest catastrophes in the year 1997 when a fire broke inside Uphaar Cinema, New Delhi. Days after the trailer was released, real estate tycoon Sushil Ansal, who was convicted in the fire case, filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High court, claiming that Trial By Fire “directly attacks” his personality while seeking a permanent and mandatory injunction against the release of the Netflix show.

Delhi HC reserves order on Sushil Ansal’s plea seeking injection on Abhay Deol starrer Trial By Fire

The suit was heard on Wednesday, that is today. During the hearing, Senior Advocate Siddharth Aggarwal, who appeared before the court on behalf of Ansal, said “They directly attack my personality (Ansal). They call me directly by my name. There can't be a more direct attack on my personality. My name is there in the web series.” Ansal also stated that he has been “punished both legally and socially” and the release of the series would cause irreparable harm to his reputation and breach his right to privacy.

The lawsuit also demanded to restrain the circulation and publication of a book titled 'Trial by Fire- The tragic tale of the Uphaar Tragedy' written by Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, who lost their two children in the fire tragedy. After hearing arguments for over one-and-a-half-hour, justice Yashwant Varma reserved an order in the matter.

For the unversed, a massive fire had broken out at the Uphaar cinema during the screening of the Hindi film Border in 1997, claiming 59 lives. Later, in 2017, the Supreme Court directed the now 83-year-old Sushil Ansal and his brother Gopal Ansal (74) to pay a fine of Rs 30 crore each.

Speaking of the web show, it is scheduled to start streaming on the OTT platform on January 13.

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