Overview

• Attorney General R. Venkataramani told a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that the execution remains stayed and “nothing adverse is happening.”
• The court listed the matter for January 2026 with liberty for the parties to seek an earlier hearing if circumstances change.
• The case involves Nimisha Priya, 38, from Kerala, convicted of murdering her Yemeni business partner in 2017, sentenced to death in 2020, and held in a Sana’a prison after her final appeal was rejected in 2023.
• Formal diplomacy is constrained because she is jailed in Houthi-controlled territory, so India is working through Yemeni contacts, friendly nations, and intermediaries.
• The petitioner’s organisation says Priya’s mother traveled to Yemen to negotiate with the victim’s family, including exploring Sharia-permitted ‘blood money’ for a potential pardon.