The Supreme Court stays the execution of Yakub Memon, the only death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

Senior advocate Upamanyu Hazarika, appearing for Memon, said that a similar plea by a death row convict in the 2000 Red Fort attack case, Mohammed Arif, had been referred to a Constitution Bench.

The court then said that this petition be also tagged and heard along with the plea of Red fort attack case convict.

A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan had on March 21, 2013, upheld the death sentence of Memon.