New Delhi, July 21 -- Supreme Court judge Justice Shree Chandrashekhar on Tuesday recused from hearing the bail plea of advocate Surendra Gadling in the 2016 Surjagarh iron ore mine arson case.

The matter was listed before a bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Shree Chandrashekhar.

As the matter came up for hearing, an advocate on behalf of Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, who represents the National Investigation Agency in the case, sought a passover.

However, Justice Mishra said the matter will go before another bench since Justice Chandrashekhar has some difficulty hearing the matter.

"It will go to some other combination (of bench), my brother has some difficulty. Post before the bench in which one of us is not there,...