Supreme Court Mumbai Blasts

The Supreme Court on Monday said the Centre is bound to honour its commitment given to Portugal and release gangster Abu Salem on completion of his 25-year sentence in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a plea by 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Abu Salem today, who claimed his extradition from Portugal in 2005 was illegal and liable to be cancelled because of alleged breach of terms by Indian authorities.

Criminalisation of politics was felt in its strongest form during the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts which was the result of a collaboration of a diffused network of criminal gangs, police, customs officials and their political patrons, the Supreme Court said Tuesday.

Most-wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim's properties worth crores in Mumbai will be taken over by the government, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing petitions by his sister Hasina Parkar and mother Amina Bi Kaskar.

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of death row convict Tahir Merchant in the sensational 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

Army officer Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit is likely to be released from jail tomorrow as the formalities for his release will take some more time. The Supreme Court granted bail yesterday to Lt Col Purohit, who has been in the Mumbai prison for almost nine years in the 2008 Malegoan blasts case.

Army officer Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, accused in the Malegaon blasts case, is expected to walk out today from Mumbai's Taloja jail, where he has spent nearly nine years. The officer, against whom charges are yet to be framed, got bail on Monday. The Supreme Court, which was hearing the case, said, "When personal liberty is involved there...

In what could impact Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's case, the Supreme Court today said an important point had been overlooked while another convict was sentenced for similar charges. The observations were made on a petition by Sanjay Dutt's close friend, Yusuf Nulwala, who, like him, was convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts.

The Supreme Court Secretary General VSR Avadhani today denied reports that the Deputy Registrar Anup Surendranath had resigned in protest against the execution of 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon.

A Supreme Court Deputy Registrar has resigned attacking the judgement clearing the death penalty for 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon.

As Yakub Memon was hanged today in a Nagpur jail, security has been added for the three judges who rejected his last-minute appeal in an unprecedented hearing that took place in the Supreme Court in the middle of the night.

Hours after Yakub Memon was hanged for his role in the deadly serial blasts in Mumbai in 1993, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told NDTV he has "no qualms" about the execution because "full access to justice has been given to the convict, he was convicted of a heinous crime".

Yakub Memon was hanged a little before 7 am on Thursday morning in a Nagpur prison, less than two hours after the Supreme Court dismissed his final appeal against his hanging in an unprecedented hearing that was held within the court premises in the middle of the night.

Yakub Abdul Razak Memon was hanged today in a jail in Maharashtra's Nagpur, for his role in the 1993 blasts in Mumbai in which 257 people were killed. The Supreme Court rejected his last-minute petition against execution at 5 am this morning, after a historic middle-of-the-night hearing.

A birthday cake was reportedly sent to Yakub Memon inside Nagpur Central Prison at midnight. Memon, who turned 53 today, was hanged a little after 6.30 am, for his role in the 1993 blasts in Mumbai, India's deadliest terror attack.

The Supreme Court on Monday said the Centre is bound to honour its commitment given to Portugal and release gangster Abu Salem on completion of his 25-year sentence in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a plea by 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Abu Salem today, who claimed his extradition from Portugal in 2005 was illegal and liable to be cancelled because of alleged breach of terms by Indian authorities.

Criminalisation of politics was felt in its strongest form during the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts which was the result of a collaboration of a diffused network of criminal gangs, police, customs officials and their political patrons, the Supreme Court said Tuesday.

Most-wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim's properties worth crores in Mumbai will be taken over by the government, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing petitions by his sister Hasina Parkar and mother Amina Bi Kaskar.

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of death row convict Tahir Merchant in the sensational 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

Army officer Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit is likely to be released from jail tomorrow as the formalities for his release will take some more time. The Supreme Court granted bail yesterday to Lt Col Purohit, who has been in the Mumbai prison for almost nine years in the 2008 Malegoan blasts case.

Army officer Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, accused in the Malegaon blasts case, is expected to walk out today from Mumbai's Taloja jail, where he has spent nearly nine years. The officer, against whom charges are yet to be framed, got bail on Monday. The Supreme Court, which was hearing the case, said, "When personal liberty is involved there...

In what could impact Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's case, the Supreme Court today said an important point had been overlooked while another convict was sentenced for similar charges. The observations were made on a petition by Sanjay Dutt's close friend, Yusuf Nulwala, who, like him, was convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts.

The Supreme Court Secretary General VSR Avadhani today denied reports that the Deputy Registrar Anup Surendranath had resigned in protest against the execution of 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon.

A Supreme Court Deputy Registrar has resigned attacking the judgement clearing the death penalty for 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon.

As Yakub Memon was hanged today in a Nagpur jail, security has been added for the three judges who rejected his last-minute appeal in an unprecedented hearing that took place in the Supreme Court in the middle of the night.

Hours after Yakub Memon was hanged for his role in the deadly serial blasts in Mumbai in 1993, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told NDTV he has "no qualms" about the execution because "full access to justice has been given to the convict, he was convicted of a heinous crime".

Yakub Memon was hanged a little before 7 am on Thursday morning in a Nagpur prison, less than two hours after the Supreme Court dismissed his final appeal against his hanging in an unprecedented hearing that was held within the court premises in the middle of the night.

Yakub Abdul Razak Memon was hanged today in a jail in Maharashtra's Nagpur, for his role in the 1993 blasts in Mumbai in which 257 people were killed. The Supreme Court rejected his last-minute petition against execution at 5 am this morning, after a historic middle-of-the-night hearing.

A birthday cake was reportedly sent to Yakub Memon inside Nagpur Central Prison at midnight. Memon, who turned 53 today, was hanged a little after 6.30 am, for his role in the 1993 blasts in Mumbai, India's deadliest terror attack.