Nirbhaya Case: SC to hear death row convict's plea against dismissal of mercy plea

The Supreme Court will today hear the writ plea of one of the death row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case, Mukesh Kumar Singh against the dismissal of his mercy petition by President Ram Nath Kovind.

President Ram Nath Kovind had on January 17 rejected the mercy petition of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case convict, Mukesh Singh. Mukesh Singh, 32, had submitted the plea challenging the rejection of the mercy petition last week.