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Supreme Court adjourns plea to save Nimisha Priya; cites no immediate threat of execution

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The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of a plea seeking urgent intervention to save Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse facing the death penalty in Yemen in connection with a murder case.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta decided to defer the matter for eight weeks after the petitioner’s counsel informed the court that there was no immediate threat of execution. The counsel added that negotiations were currently underway in the case.
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