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2 Days Before Indian Nurse's Execution In Yemen, Supreme Court Will Hear Case

2 Days Before Indian Nurse's Execution In Yemen, Supreme Court Will Hear Case
Nimisha is accused of sedating Mahdi to retrieve her passport that was in his possession.

Highlights

  1. The Supreme Court agreed to urgently hear a petition to stay Nimisha Priya's execution in Yemen
  2. The execution is scheduled for July 16, with the hearing listed for July 14
  3. Nimisha Priya was sentenced to death for the 2017 murder of Yemeni national Talal Abdo Mahdi
New Delhi: 

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to urgently hear a petition to stay the execution of an Indian nurse from Kerala, Nimisha Priya, in Yemen. The top court today issued an advance notice to the Attorney General, seeking the Centre's reply on the organisation's plea and listed the matter on July 14.

An urgent mention was made by Senior Advocate R Basanth, who sought the top court's intervention against her execution, which is scheduled for July 16.

The matter was mentioned before a partial working days bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, seeking urgent listing.

The Supreme Court was informed that, as per Sharia law, a person can be released if the relatives of the victims agree to accept "blood money", and negotiations can be held to explore that option.

The petition has been filed by "Save Nimisha Priya Action Council" seeking direction to the Centre to help negotiate her release through diplomatic channels.

However, Justice Dhulia asked why the person was sentenced to death. The counsel told the court that she is an Indian citizen from Kerala who went there for employment as a nurse, but a local person started torturing her, and he was later killed.

Nimisha Priya was sentenced to death for the murder of Yemeni national Talal Abdo Mahdi in the year 2017.

Nimisha is accused of sedating Mahdi to retrieve her passport that was in his possession. She had allegedly faced abuse and torture from him.

The "Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council" approached the high court in 2022, imploring the Centre to  "facilitate diplomatic interventions as well as negotiations with the family of the victim on behalf of Nimisha Priya to save her life by paying blood money in accordance with the law of the land in a time-bound manner".

However, the high court refused to issue an order to the Centre to negotiate the "blood money" to save Priya but asked it to pursue legal measures against her conviction.
 

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About The Campaign

NDTV in partnership with UBER is launching a sustained campaign 'Roshan Dilli'  to try and raise safety standards in India's capital, New Delhi.

Our focus is to try and improve lighting in public spaces in the city. Lighting is a key factor in shaping women's perceptions of safety

The initiative will provide a platform for all stakeholders to discuss our goal of improving safety standards, to start a conversation about safety of women in the country

It will also highlight various interventions and solutions that help to make women safe and put the spotlight on what more can be done.

The campaign will accentuate the need for Safety to be a shared responsibility

The need for gender sensitization and how law enforcement and civil society through checks and education can try and make women safer

We hope you will join us and help make New Delhi a safer city for women.

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