Will Yakub be hanged? Three-judge SC bench begins hearing

July 29, 2015 10:42

The three-judge Supreme Court panel has begun hearing on the plea of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon seeking stay on the execution slated for July 30 and quashing of death warrant.

The three-judge bench was formed after a split decision on hanging of Memon by a two-judge bench of justices Anil R. Dave and Kurian Joseph.

Senior counsel Raju Ramachandran, appearing for Memon, urged Chief Justice Dattu to grant stay of execution of Memon, however, the court did not pass any order on the plea.

Earlier on Tuesday, Justice Anil R Dave and Justice Kurien Joseph took differing stands on Memon's plea challenging his death penalty and urged the chief justice to set up "an appropriate bench" so that matter could be heard as soon as possible.

The bench of Justice Dave and Justice Kurian, in its common order after pronouncing their divergent judgments, said: "In view of the disagreement between us, the registry is directed to place the papers before Hon'ble The Chief Justice of India, preferably today, so that an appropriate Bench could be constituted and the matter can be heard on merits as soon as possible, preferably tomorrow i.e. on 29.07.2015."

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