Showing his concern over unnecessary delay in execution of capital punishment in the country, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati claimed that time bound disposal should be made in such conviction so that the accused would not took advantage of the system.
The 1993 Mumbai blast convict, Yakub Memon, was sent to gallows after completing full formalities so the cases pertaining to capital punishment should not be kept pending for long in the interest of the country and people. “The capital punishment to Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon has been carried out after completing all legal procedures but it is necessary in national and people’s interest that other cases of capital punishment are not kept suspended for an indefinite period,” she said in a press release issued here on Thursday evening.
“Keeping in mind the concerns of the people and doubts raised by them, the judiciary and the government should work towards solving these cases and not keep them pending for long,” she said. The former chief minister of the State, however, said that in a majority of cases it is because of the government’s stand that anamolies emerge leading to doubts of discrimination and so the government needs to act impartially and people be assured that law is same for everyone.
