The Supreme Court has extended the stay initially imposed by the Bombay High Court regarding the execution of its order granting bail to Gautam Navlakha in the Elgar Parishad case.

Justices M M Sundresh and S V N Bhatti, constituting the bench, have instructed the Supreme Court`s Registry to present the National Investigation Agency`s (NIA) plea to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud for a decision on associating the petition with cases involving other accused individuals. The Supreme Court explicitly refrained from expressing any opinion on the case`s merits.