New Delhi, the Supreme Court on Thursday informed that there was no “immediate threat” for Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is in the queue of death in Yemen for murder. It listed the case after eight weeks.
The counsel for the petitioner organization saved Nimisha Priya International Action Council, which is giving legal support to Priya, requesting a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta to postpone the case.
The apex court was hearing a petition, demanding a direction in the center to use diplomatic channels to save a 38 -year -old nurse from Palakkad in Kerala, convicted of killing his Yemeni business partner in 2017.
The lawyer said, “Negotiations are going on. There is no immediate danger. Please postpone it for four weeks. Hopefully everything will end by that time.”
“The case should be listed after eight weeks,” the bench then said.
The petitioner’s counsel said that if there was any request, they would mention the matter before the apex court.
The apex court was informed last month that Priya’s execution, which was determined for July 16, stopped.
On July 18, the Center informed the apex court that efforts were made and the government was making every effort to come out safely to Priya.
The petitioner organization demanded a center-appointed delegation to go to Yemen to meet the family of the murder victim for talks.
The bench said that the petitioner could represent the government.
The petitioner’s counsel had earlier stated that Priya’s mother was in Yemen to interact with the victim’s family and she had gone there as the Delhi High Court had asked the Center to allow them to travel.
Priya was convicted in 2017, sentenced to death in 2020 and her final appeal was rejected in 2023.
He is imprisoned in a jail in Sana, the capital of Yemen.
The petitioner’s counsel had earlier told the Apex Court that under the Sharia Act, the payment of blood money to the family of the deceased could be detected. He said that if blood money is paid, the victim’s family can forgive Priya.
On July 17, India said it was in touch with the Yemeni authorities as part of efforts to reach a “mutually agreed solution” in the case.
According to Yamani court documents, Priya allegedly killed Talal Abdo Mehadi in July 2017.
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