Members of the All India Lawyers Union (AILU) staged a demonstration in front of the Coimbatore Combined Court on Saturday seeking ban on death penalty in India. They also condemned the hanging of Yakub Memon.
Lawyers, who took part in the demonstration, also condemned alleged interference of the Union Government in executing his death sentence and that he should have been given the order for executing his death sentence at least 30 days before he was hung.Citing that over 140 countries have banned death penalty, they urged the government to ban death penalty in India. AILU District Secretary V. Sundaramoorthy presided over the demonstration in which lawyers from People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Communist Party of India (CPI), CPI (ML) and other organisations participated.