The Supreme Court today said that now, it can not go on merits of the Yakub Abdul Razak Memon case, and added that nothing further required as everything has been decided. The Apex Court was hearing the plea of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon seeking stay of his scheduled execution on Thursday in 1993 Mumbai blasts case. The Court sought clarification from Attorney General on rules for curative petition as Memon says death warrant was issued before SC decision on his petition. The Court will continue the hearing tomorrow. <br/><br/>Yakub Memon had sought a stay of his death sentence after the Apex Court had on 21st July rejected his mercy petition. Memon moved the Supreme Court contending that the death warrant for his execution was issued before he could have exhausted the legal remedies available to him. He also sought that his death sentence be stayed by the Apex Court. <br/><br/>Memon had also filed a mercy petition before the Maharashtra Governor seeking commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment.
News On AIR | July 27, 2015 2:10 PM
SC hears Yakub Memon's plea for stay on execution, hearing to continue tomorrow