New Delhi, January 27: The Supreme Court will hear the plea of Mukesh Kumar Singh, one of the death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.
Mukesh moved the top court seeking urgent hearing on his plea against the dismissal of his mercy petition by President Ram Nath Kovind.
A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde and comprising Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant said, “If somebody is going to be hanged, then nothing can be more urgent than this.”
Later in the day, the mentioning officer considered the urgency of Mukesh Singh’s plea and listed it before a three-judge bench comprising Justices R Bhanumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna. The plea will be heard at 12.30 pm Tuesday.
