Mercy Plea

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Tamil Nadu cabinet accepts mercy plea of 7 convicts, to recommend release to governor

Tamil Nadu minister D Jayakumar, speaking after the cabinet meeting in Chennai, said the recommendation would be sent to Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit immediately,

Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini Sriharan seeks early release, writes to Tamil Nadu home secretary

Nalini Sriharan's plea comes days after the top court asked the Tamil Nadu governor to consider the mercy plea of another convict in the Rajiv Gandhi case.

Shatrughan Sinha 'embarrassed' BJP by signing mercy petition for Yakub Memon, says Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday lamented that BJP MP 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.

Political war of words erupts over Yakub Memon's execution

A political war of words erupted on Thursday over the execution of 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon, with a section of opposition leaders speaking against the death sentence.

Yakub Memon has not prepared a will so far, says his lawyer

Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, whose last-ditch effort to escape the noose at the Central Prison in Nagpur on his 53rd birthday on Thursday was rejected by the Supreme Court, has not prepared any will so far, the convict's lawyer Anil Gedam said in Nagpur on Wednesday.

Countdown for Yakub Memon's hanging begins at Nagpur jail, security beefed up in Mumbai

With the Supreme Court rejecting relief to Yakub Memon, the countdown for the hanging of the only death-row convict of 1993 Mumbai blasts case on Thursday has started at the Nagpur Central Prison in Nagpur.

BJP welcomes SC verdict on Yakub Memon, calls those opposed to sentence as 'mentally challenged'

BJP on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict rejecting the plea of Yakub Memon, the lone death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, to escape the gallows, and said justice has been finally delivered to the victims.

Justice hasn't been done: Experts question Yakub Memon SC verdict procedure, victims happy

The Supreme Court's refusal to stay execution of Yakub Memon on Wednesday drew sharp reactions from legal experts with some questioning the procedure adopted in the issuance of death warrant, while others, including victims of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, hailing the verdict.

Sena, BJP demand Yakub Memon 'sympathisers' to be charged with treason

Controversy over execution of 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon found its echo in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Wednesday with the Sena-BJP demanding that Congress MLAs who have sent a letter to the President seeking commutation of his death sentence to life, be booked for treason.

Yakub Memon's death sentence: SC asks Attorney General to clarify rules of curative petitions

Uncertainty continued on Monday over whether Yakub Memon, the sole 1993 Mumbai blasts convict on death row, will be hanged on 30 July.