Yakub Memon challenges the Death Warrant in SC pleading violation of Procedure

Yakub Memon, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, has now approached the Supreme Court challenging the death warrant for his execution which is scheduled on July 30. According to his new plea the Death warrant is illegal because it didn't follow proper procedure prescribed by the Supreme Court in Shatrughan Chauhan & Anr. Relying on the above Judgment Supreme Court had recently quashed the death warrant issued against the Death row couples Shbnam and Saleem. The apex court said, "The petitioner has raised certain grounds in the curative petition which would not fall within the principles laid down in the case of Rupa Ashok Hurra vs. Ashok Hurra" "Since none of the grounds stated in the curative petition would fall within the parameters indicated in the case of Rupa Ashok Hurra, the curative petition stands dismissed," the bench, also comprising T S Thakur and A R Dave, had said.