New Delhi, Aug 14: The Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that there was \u201cno immediate threat\u201d to Indian nurse Nimisha Priya who is on death row in Yemen for murder. It then listed the matter after eight weeks.
\nThe counsel for petitioner organisation Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council, which is extending legal support to Priya, requested a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta to adjourn the matter.
\nThe apex court was hearing a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to save the 38-year-old nurse from Palakkad in Kerala who was convicted of murdering her Yemeni business partner in 2017.
\n\u201cNegotiations are going on. As of now there is no immediate threat. Kindly adjourn it by four weeks. Hopefully, everything will be over by that time,\u201d the counsel said.
\n\u201cLet this matter be listed after eight weeks,\u201d the bench then said.
\nThe petitioner\u2019s counsel said they would mention the matter before the top court if there was any urgency.
\nThe top court was apprised last month that Priya\u2019s execution, which was scheduled for July 16, had been stayed.
\nOn July 18, the Centre informed the top court that efforts were on and the government was trying everything possible to ensure Priya came out safely.
\nThe petitioner organisation sought a Centre-appointed delegation to go to Yemen to meet the murder victim\u2019s family for negotiations.
\nThe bench said the petitioner could make a representation to the government.
\nThe petitioner\u2019s counsel had earlier said Priya\u2019s mother was in Yemen to negotiate with the victim\u2019s family and she has gone there as the Delhi High Court asked the Centre to give her permission to travel.
\nPriya was convicted in 2017, sentenced to death in 2020 and her final appeal rejected in 2023.
\nShe is imprisoned in a jail in the Yemen capital Sana\u2019a.
\nThe petitioner\u2019s counsel had earlier told the apex court that payment of blood money to the family of the deceased permissible under the Sharia law could be explored. He said the victim\u2019s family might pardon Priya if blood money was paid.
\nOn July 17, India said it was in touch with Yemeni authorities as well as certain friendly nations as part of efforts to reach a \u201cmutually agreeable solution\u201d in the case.
\nAccording to Yemeni court documents, Priya allegedly drugged and murdered Talal Abdo Mahdi in July 2017. (Agencies)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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