Nimisha Priya

NEW DELHI: Supreme Courtroom on Thursday agreed to listen to a plea looking for a directive to Centre to make use of diplomatic channels to save lots of an Indian nurse from execution for homicide in Yemen on July 16. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi posted the matter for listening to on July 14.“Contemplating the character and urgency of the case, we request Centre to apprise this courtroom by way of the Legal professional Common as to the steps taken on this case by the government, if any,” the bench mentioned. Senior advocate Ragenth Basant submitted that fee of blood cash to household of the deceased was permissible below Sharia legislation and that might be explored, because the sufferer’s kin could pardon her if blood cash is paid.Nimisha Priya, 38, a nurse from Palakkad of Kerala, was convicted of homicide of her Yemeni enterprise accomplice in 2017. She was sentenced to dying in 2020, and her closing attraction was rejected in 2023. She is presently imprisoned in a jail in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen.