India, July 10 -- The Supreme Court will hear on July 14 a plea seeking to halt the execution of Keralite nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen, where she is reportedly scheduled to be hanged on July 16 for the alleged murder of a Yemeni national in 2017.

On Thursday, the matter was mentioned for urgent listing before a bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi by senior advocate R Basant. The court allowed the request for early hearing and posted it for July 14.

The bench also directed the petitioner to serve a copy of the plea on Attorney General R Venkataramani, observing that the Union government may apprise the court of the steps being taken in the matter at the next hearing.

The petition, filed by an organisation name...