Nirbhaya case: SC to hear plea of one of four death row convicts against dismissal of mercy plea

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 27 2020 | 6:25 PM IST

The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday the plea of death row convict Mukesh Kumar in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case challenging the dismissal of his mercy petition by President Ram Nath Kovind.

A bench of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna would hear the plea at 12.30 PM tomorrow.

The mercy plea of 32-year-old Singh was dismissed by the President on January 17.

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First Published: Jan 27 2020 | 6:25 PM IST

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