Nirbhaya: Convict moves SC on the rejection of mercy plea
One of the death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case moved the Supreme Court seeking urgent hearing on his plea against the dismissal of his mercy petition by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Mukesh Kumar Singh (32) submitted the plea last week. His mercy plea was dismissed by the President on January 17.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant said, “If somebody is going to be hanged then nothing can be more urgent than this.”
