Summary:
The Delhi Lieutenant Governor on Thursday rejected the mercy plea of Mukesh, one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case and sent it to the Ministry of Home Affairs for further action. The government of Delhi had rejected his mercy plea yesterday and sent it to the L-G Anil Baijal, who accepted the recommendation of the Delhi Government and forwarded the file to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The death row convict then moved to the trial court seeking postponement of execution date as he has filed a mercy plea before the President. The trial court has issued a notice to the Delhi government and has also sought response from parents of 2012 Delhi gangrape victim. "The fate of a death convict comes to finality only after his mercy plea is rejected by the President..