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Never forget this guy is a politician trying to secure a specific vote bank. Petty politics, nothing more.
Yakub Memon being hanged because he's Muslim: Asaduddin Owaisie
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Govt should show leniency as Yakub had surrendered: Wife | Zee News
Last Updated: Sunday, July 26, 2015 - 14:27
Mumbai: Rahin Memon, the wife of Yakub Memon, the only death-row convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, has appealed to the judiciary and the government to commute her husband's capital punishment to life term.
"I have full faith in the judiciary. I ask the Government of India for pardon for Yakub so that his death sentence can be commuted," she said.
Yakub Memon is scheduled to be hanged on July 30 at Nagpur Central Prison after his curative petition was dismissed by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The apex court would hear tomorrow his plea for a stay on his execution.
Yakub has also submitted a fresh mercy petition to the Maharashtra governor.
Rahin said she believed that her husband was innocent and had willingly surrendered to the authorities. Rahin said she would be happy even if he was allowed to serve a life sentence.
"I personally believe that (only) someone who is innocent will surrender. But still, if they feel he is not innocent... they should consider that he has surrendered and show him some leniency," she said.
The Memon family, Rahin claimed, had not fled India after the blasts (contrary to CBI's case) but had left the country before the explosions rocked Bombay, as the city was then known, to celebrate Eid in Dubai. "We always went to Dubai for Eid," Rahin said.
"My daughter has not been with him (Yakub) for a single day. She is waiting for him to come home so that she can get a chance to be with him," Rahin added.
As many as 257 people were killed and over 700 injured in the 12 serial blasts in Mumbai on March 12, 1993. Yakub Memon is the only convict whose death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court. His mercy petition was also rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Last Updated: Sunday, July 26, 2015 - 14:27
Mumbai: Rahin Memon, the wife of Yakub Memon, the only death-row convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, has appealed to the judiciary and the government to commute her husband's capital punishment to life term.
"I have full faith in the judiciary. I ask the Government of India for pardon for Yakub so that his death sentence can be commuted," she said.
Yakub Memon is scheduled to be hanged on July 30 at Nagpur Central Prison after his curative petition was dismissed by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The apex court would hear tomorrow his plea for a stay on his execution.
Yakub has also submitted a fresh mercy petition to the Maharashtra governor.
Rahin said she believed that her husband was innocent and had willingly surrendered to the authorities. Rahin said she would be happy even if he was allowed to serve a life sentence.
"I personally believe that (only) someone who is innocent will surrender. But still, if they feel he is not innocent... they should consider that he has surrendered and show him some leniency," she said.
The Memon family, Rahin claimed, had not fled India after the blasts (contrary to CBI's case) but had left the country before the explosions rocked Bombay, as the city was then known, to celebrate Eid in Dubai. "We always went to Dubai for Eid," Rahin said.
"My daughter has not been with him (Yakub) for a single day. She is waiting for him to come home so that she can get a chance to be with him," Rahin added.
As many as 257 people were killed and over 700 injured in the 12 serial blasts in Mumbai on March 12, 1993. Yakub Memon is the only convict whose death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court. His mercy petition was also rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee.
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Salman Khan defends Yakub, says hang Tiger Memon - The Hindu
Father Salim Khan terms actor's statement ‘meaningless’; SPP Ujjwal Nikam says the actor’s tweets amounted to contempt of court.
Actor Salman Khan has joined the Yakub Memon debate with a series of tweets questioning the death penalty for the 1993 Mumbai blasts convict and lambasting Yakub Memon’s brother Tiger Memon.
Posted in the early hours of Sunday, the actor went on to call Yakub as innocent in one of his 14 tweets on the subject. One tweet which drew maximum attention, and criticism, was “1 innocent man killed is killing the humanity”.
According to the actor, it is Tiger Memon who should be hanged and paraded for the blasts instead of Yakub Memon, who, according to Khan, was being punished for his brother’s sins.
Khan did not stop there and even made an appeal to Pakistan to inform about Tiger Memon’s whereabouts. “Sharif Saab ek darkhaust hai k agar yeh aap k mulkh mein hai toh plz iktila kar deejiyeh (Mr. Nawaz Sharif, this is a request from me that if he (Tiger) is in your country, please inform),” read one such tweet.
The tweets have divided the social media with voices coming both in support of and slamming the actor. Khan’s father and noted scriptwriter Salim Khan was one of those who criticised the tweets, going on to the extent of calling them “meaningless”.
Taking exception to the actor’s remarks, lawyer Ujjwal Nikam who was the Special Public Prosecutor in the 1993 serial blasts case, accused the actor of misusing his popularity to create a negative perception about the court decision. He said that the actor’s tweets amounted to contempt of court and his claims of Yakub Memon being innocent were without any basis.
“If Salman does not retract, he could face legal action,” warned Mr. Nikam.
Salman Khan defends Yakub, says hang Tiger Memon - The Hindu
Father Salim Khan terms actor's statement ‘meaningless’; SPP Ujjwal Nikam says the actor’s tweets amounted to contempt of court.
Actor Salman Khan has joined the Yakub Memon debate with a series of tweets questioning the death penalty for the 1993 Mumbai blasts convict and lambasting Yakub Memon’s brother Tiger Memon.
Posted in the early hours of Sunday, the actor went on to call Yakub as innocent in one of his 14 tweets on the subject. One tweet which drew maximum attention, and criticism, was “1 innocent man killed is killing the humanity”.
According to the actor, it is Tiger Memon who should be hanged and paraded for the blasts instead of Yakub Memon, who, according to Khan, was being punished for his brother’s sins.
Khan did not stop there and even made an appeal to Pakistan to inform about Tiger Memon’s whereabouts. “Sharif Saab ek darkhaust hai k agar yeh aap k mulkh mein hai toh plz iktila kar deejiyeh (Mr. Nawaz Sharif, this is a request from me that if he (Tiger) is in your country, please inform),” read one such tweet.
The tweets have divided the social media with voices coming both in support of and slamming the actor. Khan’s father and noted scriptwriter Salim Khan was one of those who criticised the tweets, going on to the extent of calling them “meaningless”.
Taking exception to the actor’s remarks, lawyer Ujjwal Nikam who was the Special Public Prosecutor in the 1993 serial blasts case, accused the actor of misusing his popularity to create a negative perception about the court decision. He said that the actor’s tweets amounted to contempt of court and his claims of Yakub Memon being innocent were without any basis.
“If Salman does not retract, he could face legal action,” warned Mr. Nikam.
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yakub got cross party support, including some bjp members. Its not petty politics, lots of academicians and ex judges have joined the chorus.
I hope president defers the death penalty for now.
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you talking about shotgun sinha? The way people are falling head over heals after this dude is sickening. Hang the bastard ASAP.
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As the kerala high court noted few days back, "Their will be many peoples and organisations to rise voice for the rights of street dogs,but their won't be any one to speak for the rights of the one who got biten by them"
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Everyone knows this! Innocent muslims end up in prison and get executed for just being muslim in India.
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Articles by late RAW officer, ex-Judge of no relevance: AG on Yakub Memon | Zee News
New Delhi: Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Monday said publication of articles written by former intelligence officer or the ex-judges of the Supreme Court on evidence concerning Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the sole death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, has no relevance in his plea seeking stay of his execution on July 30.
"The retired judge comes out with his article a day before the hearing," he said before a bench comprising Justices A R Dave and Kurian Joseph while downplaying the reference made about the article of retired apex court judge Markandey Katju.
He was also critical of raising the issue of an article written by a late top official of RAW, B Raman, who had favoured clemency for Memon.
"Now the person is dead and you are saying that it is a case in which new evicence has come," Rohatgi said when senior advocate T R Andharujina made a reference to the two incidents.
Andhyarujina was appearing for Death Penalty Litigation Clinic, associated with the National Law University Delhi, which has been against capital punishment.
The Attorney General said that even the latest move of 30 eminent persons moving a representation yesterday to the President in no way changes the fate of the case.
"The facts cannot change" and "even the plea for mercy or clemency depends upon the facts of the crime and not on judicial process," he said.
The former RAW officer was of the view that Memon had cooperated with investigating agencies and does not deserve to be hanged.
Raman, who retired as Additional Secretary in 1994 and was in-charge of counter-terrorism, had written an article for publication containing this view but stopped it from seeing the light of the day following an after-thought.
But the article has now been published on 'Rediff.Com' website which talks about Memon being picked up in Nepal and his subsequent formal arrest at Old Delhi railway station by CBI.
Justice Katju said there has been "gross travesty of justice" in the case of Memon as the evidence on which he has been found guilty is "very weak".
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New Delhi: Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Monday said publication of articles written by former intelligence officer or the ex-judges of the Supreme Court on evidence concerning Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the sole death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, has no relevance in his plea seeking stay of his execution on July 30.
"The retired judge comes out with his article a day before the hearing," he said before a bench comprising Justices A R Dave and Kurian Joseph while downplaying the reference made about the article of retired apex court judge Markandey Katju.
He was also critical of raising the issue of an article written by a late top official of RAW, B Raman, who had favoured clemency for Memon.
"Now the person is dead and you are saying that it is a case in which new evicence has come," Rohatgi said when senior advocate T R Andharujina made a reference to the two incidents.
Andhyarujina was appearing for Death Penalty Litigation Clinic, associated with the National Law University Delhi, which has been against capital punishment.
The Attorney General said that even the latest move of 30 eminent persons moving a representation yesterday to the President in no way changes the fate of the case.
"The facts cannot change" and "even the plea for mercy or clemency depends upon the facts of the crime and not on judicial process," he said.
The former RAW officer was of the view that Memon had cooperated with investigating agencies and does not deserve to be hanged.
Raman, who retired as Additional Secretary in 1994 and was in-charge of counter-terrorism, had written an article for publication containing this view but stopped it from seeing the light of the day following an after-thought.
But the article has now been published on 'Rediff.Com' website which talks about Memon being picked up in Nepal and his subsequent formal arrest at Old Delhi railway station by CBI.
Justice Katju said there has been "gross travesty of justice" in the case of Memon as the evidence on which he has been found guilty is "very weak".
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"Of the 140 capital punishments awarded in the country, only seven happened to be Muslim," he said to make his point.
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Yakub Memon set to be hanged after President Pranab Mukherjee rejects mercy petition | Zee News
New Delhi: 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon is all set to be executed tomorrow at 7 am with President Pranab Mukherjee rejecting his mercy petition late on Wednesday night.
The mercy petition of Yakub was rejected by the President after government advised him such a course.
The decision came after Mukherjee held consultations first with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh who was later joined by Home Secretary LC Goyal and Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar.
The confabulations lasted over two hours after which the President took the decision to reject the petition that was filed by Memon in a last-ditch attempt to escape death tomorrow.
Earlier in Mumbai, Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao had also rejected his mercy plea that was filed last week.
Incidentally, Yakub will be hanged on the day he was born. He turns 53 tomorrow.
SC clears legal hurdles
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court also cleared all legal hurdles pertaining to Yakub's hanging by holding that there was no legal fault in the death warrant issued against him in the terror case that killed over 257 people and injured hundreds.
The apex court said his last legal remedy by way of curative petition was 'correctly' dismissed by the three senior-most judges.
A three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra and comprising Justices Prafulla Chandra Pant and Amitava Roy, rejected the plea that proper procedure was not followed in issuance of death warrant by TADA Court on April 30 for his execution on July 30, as per PTI.
Further, the bench differed with his counsel that mandatory 14 days notice was not given by Maharashtra Government in communicating to him about his date of execution.
"Issuance of death warrant is in order. We do not find any kind of legal fallacy. In view of that, we conclude that the curative petition was decided by three senior-most judges of this court cannot be faulted. The issue of death warrant by TADA court on April 30 for the execution of death sentence on July 30 cannot be faulted. In the result writ petition sans merit and stands dismissed," the bench said after a day-long hearing.
(With Agency inputs)
New Delhi: 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon is all set to be executed tomorrow at 7 am with President Pranab Mukherjee rejecting his mercy petition late on Wednesday night.
The mercy petition of Yakub was rejected by the President after government advised him such a course.
The decision came after Mukherjee held consultations first with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh who was later joined by Home Secretary LC Goyal and Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar.
The confabulations lasted over two hours after which the President took the decision to reject the petition that was filed by Memon in a last-ditch attempt to escape death tomorrow.
Earlier in Mumbai, Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao had also rejected his mercy plea that was filed last week.
Incidentally, Yakub will be hanged on the day he was born. He turns 53 tomorrow.
SC clears legal hurdles
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court also cleared all legal hurdles pertaining to Yakub's hanging by holding that there was no legal fault in the death warrant issued against him in the terror case that killed over 257 people and injured hundreds.
The apex court said his last legal remedy by way of curative petition was 'correctly' dismissed by the three senior-most judges.
A three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra and comprising Justices Prafulla Chandra Pant and Amitava Roy, rejected the plea that proper procedure was not followed in issuance of death warrant by TADA Court on April 30 for his execution on July 30, as per PTI.
Further, the bench differed with his counsel that mandatory 14 days notice was not given by Maharashtra Government in communicating to him about his date of execution.
"Issuance of death warrant is in order. We do not find any kind of legal fallacy. In view of that, we conclude that the curative petition was decided by three senior-most judges of this court cannot be faulted. The issue of death warrant by TADA court on April 30 for the execution of death sentence on July 30 cannot be faulted. In the result writ petition sans merit and stands dismissed," the bench said after a day-long hearing.
(With Agency inputs)
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