Yakub Memon Mercy Petition

The outgoing law commission chief, Justice AP Shah, has voiced strong reservations about the hanging of 1993 serial blast plotter Yakub Memon, speaking exclusively to NDTV, he said that convict's mercy petition should have been further considered and due process should have been followed.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday lamented that BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha had "embarrassed" the party by signing a petition to the President against the execution of Yakub Memon and said it was "extremely sad" that the actor-turned-politician had gone against the party line.

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.

Yakub Memon will hang for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, ruled the Supreme Court a little before 5 am today. For the first time ever, the top court was opened up in the middle of the night. Three judges heard a last-minute petition that said Memon cannot be executed for at least a week after his mercy plea is rejected.

Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao today rejected the mercy petition of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon. His last hope of escaping the gallows, a clemency plea, is pending with President Pranab Mukherjee.

Yakub Memon's wife is expected to fly out of Mumbai to Nagpur this evening, where her husband is lodged in the central jail and will be hanged tomorrow if his final mercy petition is rejected by the President.

Yakub Memon, convicted as "a driving spirit" for the 1993 blasts in Mumbai is expected to hang early tomorrow morning in a Nagpur jail. His last-minute mercy petition was rejected today by President Pranab Mukherjee, sources told NDTV. Memon's lawyers, meanwhile, say they have moved the Supreme Court again tonight.

1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon has filed a fresh plea for mercy with the President just a day before his hanging.

On 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon's petition to stop his hanging on Thursday, the Supreme Court today took no decision but said it would take up the case again tomorrow.

On the eve of the hearing of '93 Mumbai blast death row convict Yakub Memon's appeal by the Supreme Court, a group of eminent citizens - including politicians, jurists and retired judges - submitted a fresh mercy petition to President Pranab Mukherjee, urging him to commute the death sentence.

Two senior bureaucrats of Maharashtra met Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Saturday morning to discuss the mercy petition moved by '93 blasts convict Yakub Memon, who is to be executed on July 30.

The Supreme Court is today expected to take up 1993 Bombay blasts convict Yakub Memon's curative petition seeking commutation of his death sentence. The plea is the last legal option available to Memon who is likely to be hanged on July 30 if the top court rejects his petition for mercy.

Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon is likely to be hanged on July 30 if his petition for mercy is rejected by the Supreme Court. This will be the first execution related to the 1993 serial blasts, in which over 250 people were killed.

The outgoing law commission chief, Justice AP Shah, has voiced strong reservations about the hanging of 1993 serial blast plotter Yakub Memon, speaking exclusively to NDTV, he said that convict's mercy petition should have been further considered and due process should have been followed.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday lamented that BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha had "embarrassed" the party by signing a petition to the President against the execution of Yakub Memon and said it was "extremely sad" that the actor-turned-politician had gone against the party line.

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.

Yakub Memon will hang for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, ruled the Supreme Court a little before 5 am today. For the first time ever, the top court was opened up in the middle of the night. Three judges heard a last-minute petition that said Memon cannot be executed for at least a week after his mercy plea is rejected.

Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao today rejected the mercy petition of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon. His last hope of escaping the gallows, a clemency plea, is pending with President Pranab Mukherjee.

Yakub Memon's wife is expected to fly out of Mumbai to Nagpur this evening, where her husband is lodged in the central jail and will be hanged tomorrow if his final mercy petition is rejected by the President.

Yakub Memon, convicted as "a driving spirit" for the 1993 blasts in Mumbai is expected to hang early tomorrow morning in a Nagpur jail. His last-minute mercy petition was rejected today by President Pranab Mukherjee, sources told NDTV. Memon's lawyers, meanwhile, say they have moved the Supreme Court again tonight.

1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon has filed a fresh plea for mercy with the President just a day before his hanging.

On 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon's petition to stop his hanging on Thursday, the Supreme Court today took no decision but said it would take up the case again tomorrow.

On the eve of the hearing of '93 Mumbai blast death row convict Yakub Memon's appeal by the Supreme Court, a group of eminent citizens - including politicians, jurists and retired judges - submitted a fresh mercy petition to President Pranab Mukherjee, urging him to commute the death sentence.

Two senior bureaucrats of Maharashtra met Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Saturday morning to discuss the mercy petition moved by '93 blasts convict Yakub Memon, who is to be executed on July 30.

The Supreme Court is today expected to take up 1993 Bombay blasts convict Yakub Memon's curative petition seeking commutation of his death sentence. The plea is the last legal option available to Memon who is likely to be hanged on July 30 if the top court rejects his petition for mercy.

Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon is likely to be hanged on July 30 if his petition for mercy is rejected by the Supreme Court. This will be the first execution related to the 1993 serial blasts, in which over 250 people were killed.