A Delhi court on Saturday suggested two employees of the Ansals tender proper apologies to the chairperson of the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT), Neelam Krishnamoorthy, by getting the same published in newspapers.
Reply by August 1
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass of the Patiala House courts asked them to reply to his suggestion by August 1, the next date of hearing.
Earlier, counsel for Ms. Krishnamoorthy submitted before the court that they should file proper apologies by getting them published in half-page or quarter-page size in newspapers.
The two accused, P. S. Sharma of Ansal Buildwell Limited and Deepak Kathpalia of Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Limited (API), are facing prosecution for allegedly threatening Ms. Krishnamoorthy in the court premises in 2007. They had, in May, tendered “unconditional apologies” to her.
Ms. Krishnamoorthy claimed in her complaint that she and her husband were harassed by the accused inside the court premises on the evening of May 10, 2007, when they were coming out of the courtroom. They had threatened her to drop the Uphaar fire tragedy case, the complaint alleged.
Earlier letters
“I, Praveen Shanker Sharma... do hereby tender my unconditional apology to Neelam Krishnamoorty, if through any of my action, I have ever unknowingly hurt her feelings,” said the accused in his apology letter to Ms. Krishnamoorthy. Deepak wrote a similar letter.
The apologies came after the court had concluded arguments on framing of charges and was about to pronounce the order in the case. API chairman Sushil Ansal and chairman of Ansal Buildwell Gopal Ansal were also named in the complaint.
The then Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kamini Lau had summoned them but the Delhi High Court later quashed the summons.
