Advocate Surendra Gadling, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, on Wednesday sought to appear in person before the Bombay High Court to argue his default bail plea himself.

A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and P D Naik directed the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) advocate Sandesh Patil to check with the concerned officer and inform if this could be permitted.