SC to hear death row convict Yakub Memon's mercy plea on Monday

July 24, 2015 13:39

The Supreme Court will hear death row convict Yakub Memon's mercy plea on Monday, July 27. Memon, the lone death-row convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, moved the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking an immediate stay on the execution of his death sentence, scheduled for July 30.

In his criminal writ petition, Memon said that his death warrant was issued by a TADA court in Mumbai even though he had not exhausted all the legal remedies available to him. He said he had now approached the Governor of Maharashtra with a plea for mercy.

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