Yakub Memon's hanging: Here's how the case unfolded over the years

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the execution slated for Thursday of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the lone death row convict in 1993 Mumbai blasts case, rejecting his last ditch plea to escape the gallows. Here is the chronology of the events in over 22-year-old case leading to the verdict: [caption id=“attachment_2370136” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Yakub Memon. IBNLive[/caption] * Mar 12, 1993: A series of 13 explosions rock Mumbai resulting in 257 fatalities and injuries to 713 others. * Nov 4: Over 10,000 page-long primary charge sheet filed against 189 accused. * Nov 19: Case handed over to CBI. * Apr 10, 1995: 26 accused discharged by the TADA court. Charges framed against the remaining accused. Supreme * Apr 19: Trial commences. * Mar 29: P D Kode designated as a special TADA judge for the case. * Mar 9-July 18, 2001: Accused record their statements. * Sept 2003: Trial ends. Court reserves judgement. * Sept 12: Court starts delivering the judgement, pronounces four members of the Memon family guilty, acquits three. 12 convicts awarded death penalty while 20 were given life sentence. * Nov 1, 2011: SC begins hearing on appeals filed by the 100 convicts as well as the state. * Mar 21, 2013: SC upholds death sentence of Yakub Memon and commutes death sentence of 10 convicts to life term. Life imprisonment of 16 out of 18 convicts also upheld. * Jul 30: First review petition of Yakub in SC dismissed. * Aug 14: Scheduled date for execution of first death warrant which was stated. * Apr 11, 2014: President Pranab Mukherjee rejects Yakub’s mercy plea. * May 26: Yakub informed about his mercy plea. * Jun 2: SC stays Memon’s execution on plea seeking review petitions in death cases to be heard in open court instead of chambers. * Apr 9, 2015: SC dismisses Memon’s second petition seeking review of death sentence which was upheld by apex court. * Jul 21: SC rejects Memon’s curative petition, the last legal remedy to avoid execution of death sentence. * Jul 23: Memon moves SC seeking stay of execution of his death sentence scheduled for July 30. * Jul 27: The case faces legal issues in SC regarding curative plea of Memon. * Jul 28: Two judges’ SC bench split over Yakub’s plea, refers it to CJI for constituting larger bench. * Jul 29: SC dismisses Yakub’s plea against his execution and says issue of death warrant is in order. * Jul 30: Yakub Memon hanged in Nagpur jail. PTI