Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a plea seeking a gag order on “unverified public statements” regarding the case of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who faces the death penalty in Yemen for murder.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta told petitioner K A Paul that Attorney General R Venkataramani had already assured the court that only the government would make statements on the matter, according to the news agency PTI. 

“What do you want? That nobody should say anything to media? The Attorney General has said the government will ensure no briefings. What else do you want?” the bench remarked, before dismissing the plea as withdrawn, reported the news agency PTI.