Justice Katju calls Yakub Memon's hanging 'gross travesty of justice'

July 26, 2015 14:39

Known for his adversarial take on issues, Justice Markandey Katju, the former Supreme Court judge and former chairman of Press Club of India, has termed Yakub Memon's conviction as based on very weak evidence. In series of posts shared on Facebook, the former Supreme Court judge said, "My opinion: Yakub Memon has been convicted on very weak evidence."

While illustrating his stand, Katju wrote that there has been gross travesty of justice in the case of Memon."I have carefully studied the judgment of the court. The evidence on which he has been found guilty is very weak. This evidence is (a) retracted confession of the co-accused, and (b) alleged recoveries," he wrote.

Read his full post HERE

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