22 JULY 2015: Curative plea of Yakub Memon rejected by SC

Ø  Noting that no principles of natural justice have been violated by courts in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case-accused Yakub Abdul Razak Memon’s lone journey to death penalty, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed his curative petition as he inches toward his execution scheduled on July 30. Decided away from the public eye inside the judges' chambers at the Supreme Court, a bench of Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu and Justices T.S. Thakur and Anil R. Dave found no merit in the curative petition. The order said a curative plea would have triumphed had Memon been a victim of any of the following circumstances during litigation. One, if he was not made a party in the lis (litigation); two, having being made a party, he was not issued notice of the lis; and thirdly, if the judge concerned was proved to have some prior “connection” with the case, which might give an apprehension of bias.