Execution of Nimisha Priya in Yemen stalled, Centre tells SC
BILATERAL – INDIA-ASIA
17 OCTOBER 2025
- The Supreme Court was informed by the Centre that “nothing adverse was happening” in the case of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who faces execution in Yemen for murder, and that a new mediator had stepped in to facilitate discussions.
- The execution, earlier slated for July 16, was postponed following diplomatic interventions by the Indian government and efforts by Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar, a prominent Kerala-based Islamic scholar.
- Ms. Priya, who hails from Palakkad in Kerala, was sentenced to death by a Yemeni trial court in 2020 for the murder of a local man who was her business partner.
- Her appeals were subsequently dismissed by the appellate courts in Yemen.
- “Her only child, a 12-year-old girl, is living in a convent. Her mother is a domestic helper in Ernakulam and her husband is an autorickshaw driver,” the petition stated.
- Earlier, the counsel for the petitioner had told the top court that the payment of blood money to the victim’s family, permissible under Sharia law, could be explored as an avenue for relief.
