The Supreme Court on Wednesday started hearing the appeal filed by condemned convict Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging the death penalty handed down to him for his war crimes.A four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, began the hearing in the morning.Attorney General Mahbubey Alam represented the state while Khandker Mahbub Hossain and Joynal Abedin Tuhin moved for the defence.Earlier in the day, the apex court rejected a time petition filed by the Jamaat leader. On October 29 last year, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 condemned Nizami to death for crimes against humanity, including genocide and the murder of intellectuals, during the Liberation War in 1971.