The Supreme Court granted the Maharashtra government an additional week to respond to advocate Surendra Gadling's bail petition in connection with the 2016 Surjagarh iron ore mine arson case. Given the extensive records in the case, Justices Aniruddha Bose and Augustine George Masih granted the state government's request for more time. The next hearing has been set for two weeks later, stated an agency report. 

Previously, on October 10, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the state government in this regard. Previously, on January 31, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court denied Gadling bail, citing the prima facie validity of the charges against him, the report added.