New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that the plea of death-row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, held guilty of the assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995, seeking commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment, be taken up on October 28.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and Aparesh Kumar Singh said the matter to be placed at the top of the board on October 28.

Rajoana's counsel pointed out the repeated adjournments in the case and pressed for an early hearing.

Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, appearing for the Union government, sought a short adjournment in the matter.

Allowing the request, the bench directed that the plea be listed on October 28 at the t...