Justice has prevailed, 22-year long process finally ends: AG

July 30, 2015 23:43

"Justice has prevailed for the families of those who lost their lives in the 1993 Mumbai blasts," Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said today on the Supreme Court ruling that came shortly before Yakub Memon was hanged today.

"I am happy that the long process has come to an end. The convict was given opportunity for 22 years. Memon's review petition and mercy petitions were dismissed. He also got the right to have second review plea heard in an open court,"Rohatgi told PTI.

Explaining the opportunities given to Memon and all the legal remedies exhausted by him, Rohatgi said, "A curative petition was filed and was dismissed on July 21, this year. Anew writ petition was heard from July 27 till yesterday.

Even the Maharashtra governor and the President rejected his clemency pleas again. Then fresh petitions were moved at midnight in the Supreme Court and that ultimately culminated into this."

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