The Supreme Court dismissed 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon’s last-minute attempt to escape the gallows by rejecting his plea for a stay on the death warrant.
“Stay of death warrant would be a travesty of j
ustice. The plea is dismissed,” said Justice Dipak Misra, heading a three-judge bench, in an order in Court Room 4 which was opened for an unprecedented 90-minute hearing that started at 3.20 am and ended a little before dawn.
The court’s decision brought the curtains down on last ditch attempts by Memon’s lawyers to stop the execution which was carried out at 7 am at Nagpur Central Jail.
