New Delhi: The Uphaar theatre fire, which killed 59 and injured 103, 12 years ago, the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted an interim relief of Rs 5.14 crore to dependents and the injured.

The court order came while it was recording an undertaking from the home ministry, which offered to pay an ex-gratia of Rs 2.14 crore as its interim contribution.

The theatre owners, Ansals, agreed to contribute Rs 3 crore as interim share.

“We may agree with your offer of Rs 3 crore to the victims but we do not agree with your Rs 1 crore offer for the Trauma Centre as it appears that you want to evoke this court’s sympathy for you,” the bench told senior counsel A K Ganguly appearing for Ansals.

The ministry has decided to immediately contribute its interim share of Rs 2.14 crore but clarified the same shall be treated as ex-gratia and “should also not be treated as a precedent”.