Ahmedabad, July 8 -- The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday upheld the special court verdict sentencing 38 convicts to death and 11 others to life imprisonment in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, in which 56 people were killed and 246 were injured. The high court further directed the Gujarat government to pay compensation of Rs.10 lakh to the families of the deceased, Rs.5 lakh to victims who suffered grievous injuries and Rs.1 lakh to those who sustained simple injuries. The compensation has to be paid by March 31, 2027. The compensation is substantially higher than the amounts awarded by the special court in 2022, which had fixed it at Rs.1 lakh for each death, Rs.50,000 for grievous injuries and Rs.25,000 for simple injuries. A series of bomb blasts ripped through Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008. Two days later, live bombs were recovered from Surat. The city crime branch named more than 100 individuals as accused, while 78 were put on trial. On February 8, 2022, a special court convicted 49 accused and acquitted 28 others. Those acquitted included Mubin Shaikh and Mansur Pirbhoy, who had been accused of conspiring in the attacks and sending emails claiming responsibility. One accused was granted pardon after turning approver, while four other approvers who later retracted their statements were convicted. The 49 convicts, including former Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) chief Safdar Nagori and his associates from 11 states, including Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, were held guilty for their role in the conspiracy behind the 21 serial blasts that ripped through Ahmedabad during the busy evening hours of July 26, 2008 within a span of 70 minutes....