The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts main accused Yakub Memon.
Television reports said the apex court gave a reprieve to Yakub Memon in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts. The Supreme Court had tagged Yakub's petition -- seeking a stay on his execution -- with pending cases and referred it to a constitution bench, which will decide whether the review petition should be heard in an open court.
In his petition to the Supreme Court, Yakub had stated that he had been in jail for more than 20 years, which is more than the jail term awarded for life imprisonment, which is 14 years.
He has maintained that his review petition seeking reconsideration of the Supreme Court's verdict should be heard in an open court and should not be decided in the judges' chambers, an NDTV report had quoted Yakub, as saying in his appeal.
President Pranab Mukherjee had earlier rejected Yakub's mercy plea and conveyed his decision to the Maharashtra government. This decision was taken on the recommendations of the Maharashtra Government and the Home Ministry that the mercy petition of Yakub be rejected...
Source: Hindi News
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