Yakub Memon moves SC, seeks stay on his hanging

Yakub 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. His petition also contended that the death warrant did not adhere to the procedure and guidelines as it was issued by the trial court even before his curative petition was heard and decided by the Supreme Court. The death warrant was issued in the last week of April, whereas Memon’s curative petition was dismissed on July 21.   Indian Express