A Supreme Court bench of three judges will hear on Tuesday the plea of one of the four Nirbhaya gangrape convicts, challenging the rejection of mercy petition by President Ram Nath Kovind. Four convicts are scheduled to be executed on February 1 at 6 am, according to the death warrants issued by a Delhi court. The President had rejected the mercy petition of Mukesh on January 17 and the death warrants were issued the same day. A three-judge bench of Supreme Court will hear at 12.30 pm on Tuesday the writ petition filed by the death row convict. Mukesh Singh moved the Supreme Court, filed mercy plea and then again moved the High Court against the death warrant, delaying the execution.

Source: dna January 27, 2020 14:48 UTC