Yakub Mercy Plea

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.

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.

In a first, the Supreme Court was opened for judges to hear at 3 am, the final plea against the execution of Yakub Memon for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.

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, the only person to be sentenced to death for a series of bombings in Mumbai in 1993, is likely to be hanged early on Thursday morning. President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected his final plea for mercy, say sources.

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.

The families of those who died in the 1993 Mumbai blasts had met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, demanding that Yakub Memon, on death row in the case, must be hanged. The outlook was bleak for Memon after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected Memon's mercy plea on Wednesday. Hours later, in a 5 am verdict, the Supreme Court, too, refuse...

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.

A secret deal with Yakub Memon was not struck to engineer his return to India, but the CBI did use all its contacts in Pakistan to "induce the Memons to believe that their safety lay in India," a top investigator has told NDTV.

Our plea is for "mercy to season justice".

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.

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.

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.

In a first, the Supreme Court was opened for judges to hear at 3 am, the final plea against the execution of Yakub Memon for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.

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, the only person to be sentenced to death for a series of bombings in Mumbai in 1993, is likely to be hanged early on Thursday morning. President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected his final plea for mercy, say sources.

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.

The families of those who died in the 1993 Mumbai blasts had met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, demanding that Yakub Memon, on death row in the case, must be hanged. The outlook was bleak for Memon after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected Memon's mercy plea on Wednesday. Hours later, in a 5 am verdict, the Supreme Court, too, refuse...

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.

A secret deal with Yakub Memon was not struck to engineer his return to India, but the CBI did use all its contacts in Pakistan to "induce the Memons to believe that their safety lay in India," a top investigator has told NDTV.

Our plea is for "mercy to season justice".

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.