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He cited  a case in May when the death warrants of an Uttar Pradesh couple were cancelled.

The Supreme Court had then said that such warrants cannot be issued unless the convict has exhausted all legal options.

Yakub's petition says a death warrant was issued against him even before he could exhaust his last legal remedy - a curative petition.

The apex court rejected Memon's curative petition on Tuesday.

Yakub was found guilty of planning and financing the serial blasts in one of the worst terror attacks in the country,in which about  260 people were killed .