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http://www.m.timesofindia.com/india...ub-Memons-mercy-plea/articleshow/48227145.cms
NEW DELHI: Political leaders, jurists and activists have petitioned President Pranab Mukherjee urging him to waive off the death sentence of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon.
In the petition urging stay against Yakub's imminent execution, the signatories claimed that there were "substantive and fresh grounds" that could be considered on merits. In the 15-page petition, the signatories cited various legal points and international commitments to argue that Yakub should not be hanged. The convict is scheduled to be executed on July 30.
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The petitioners include legal luminaries like Ram Jethmalani, KTS Tulsi, parliamentarians including Shatrughan Sinha, Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, H K Dua and T Siva (DMK), filmmakers and actors like Naseeruddin Shah and Mahesh Bhatt. Retired judges including Justice Panachand Jain, Justice H S Bedi, Justice PB Sawant, Justice H Suresh, Justice KP Siva Subramaniam, Justice SN Bhargava, Justice K Chandru, and Justice Nagmohan Das and noted lawyer Indira Jaising are also part of the petition.
"We most humbly request your excellency to consider the case of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon and spare him from the noose of death for a crime that was masterminded by someone else to communally divide the country. Grant of mercy in this case will send out a message that while this country will not tolerate acts of terrorism, as a nation we are committed to equal application of the power of mercy and values of forgiveness, and justice. Blood letting and human sacrifice will not make this country a safer place; it will, however, degrade us all," the signatories said
NEW DELHI: Political leaders, jurists and activists have petitioned President Pranab Mukherjee urging him to waive off the death sentence of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon.
In the petition urging stay against Yakub's imminent execution, the signatories claimed that there were "substantive and fresh grounds" that could be considered on merits. In the 15-page petition, the signatories cited various legal points and international commitments to argue that Yakub should not be hanged. The convict is scheduled to be executed on July 30.
READ ALSO: Gross travesty of justice in Yakub's case, Katju says
The petitioners include legal luminaries like Ram Jethmalani, KTS Tulsi, parliamentarians including Shatrughan Sinha, Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, H K Dua and T Siva (DMK), filmmakers and actors like Naseeruddin Shah and Mahesh Bhatt. Retired judges including Justice Panachand Jain, Justice H S Bedi, Justice PB Sawant, Justice H Suresh, Justice KP Siva Subramaniam, Justice SN Bhargava, Justice K Chandru, and Justice Nagmohan Das and noted lawyer Indira Jaising are also part of the petition.
"We most humbly request your excellency to consider the case of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon and spare him from the noose of death for a crime that was masterminded by someone else to communally divide the country. Grant of mercy in this case will send out a message that while this country will not tolerate acts of terrorism, as a nation we are committed to equal application of the power of mercy and values of forgiveness, and justice. Blood letting and human sacrifice will not make this country a safer place; it will, however, degrade us all," the signatories said
