The Congress on Wednesday termed the Supreme Court’s refusal to stay the execution of Yakub Memon as “partial justice to the 1993 Mumbai blasts victims” and said that justice would be complete when the government brings back his brother Tiger Memon from Pakistan.
“Indian National Congress looks at it as shape of conclusion of a judicial process as also partial justice to the 1993 Bombay blasts victims.
“Full justice would be done when the government of the day brings back Tiger Memon from Pakistan where he has been given shelter,” Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said.
Hanging in the balance
A little over 20 years after 13 co-ordinated blasts rocked Mumbai, killing 257 and injuring over 700, the lone convict on death, Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, could be hanged on July 30 if the SC rejects his curative petition against death sentence.
>From messenger to mastermind
Yakub Memon would pay for his brother's sins and become the only man to be sentenced to death in the Mumbai blasts case.
>Trial and error
Trial courts have been handing out death sentences at the rate of ten a month for the last 15 years.
>Why the death penalty must end:
The world is moving away from using the death penalty. The European Union has made "abolition of death penalty" a prerequisite for membership: says Kanimozhi
Timeline
>A case for mercy
Hanging Yakub Memon will be cruel and inhuman. Meanwhile, the masterminds of the attack remain out of reach.
>From 'best' CA to death row detenu
Yakub was once named the best chartered accountant by the Memon community
>Justice or vengeance?
Procedure followed to obtain death warrant for Yakub Memon suffers from serious constitutional flaws
>Yakub Memon and the story of the death penalty
This will be India's third execution since it lifted its informal 8-year moratorium
