Supreme Court judge Justice U U Lalit today recused himself from hearing death row convict Yakub Abdul Razak Memon's plea seeking review of the apex court's order upholding his conviction and capital punishment in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

As soon as the case was taken up by a three-judge bench headed by Justice A R Dave, Justice Lalit said that he had appeared for some other person in the blasts case and recused himself from hearing Memon's plea.

The apex court had earlier stayed the execution of Memon, a key conspirator along with Dawood Ibrahim in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, after he filed review petition. It had on March 21, 2013, upheld the death sentence of Memon.