Supreme Court to hear Nirbhaya Convict Mukesh’s plea today

New Delhi, 28/1: The Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Nirbhaya Convict Mukesh’s plea against the dismissal of mercy petition today.

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

The three-judge bench of the Supreme Court will begin the hearing at 12:30 pm on the plea filed by convict Mukesh Kumar Singh.