The SC dismissed a petition against the rejection of the mercy-petition filed by Vinay Sharma, one of convicts in the 2012 Delhi-gang-rape-case. The death row-convict had claimed in the SC that President Ram Nath Kovind had not considered the "mental-stability" he suffered due to torture in jail while rejecting his mercy-petition. The centre denied the assertion, saying he was "fit and of sound mind".