The Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear on July 14 a plea seeking to stay the execution of Keralite nurse Nimisha Priya, who is reportedly set to be hanged in Yemen on July 16 for the alleged murder of a Yemeni national in 2017.
The matter was mentioned for urgent listing on Thursday before a bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi by senior advocate R Basant. Granting the request, the court scheduled the hearing for July 14.
The bench also directed the petitioner to serve a copy of the plea to Attorney General R Venkataramani. It further noted that the Union government may inform the court at the next hearing about any steps being taken in the matter.
