New Delhi, July 27 -- The petition filed by advocate Surendra Gadling seeking bail in the 2016 Surjagarh iron ore mine arson case was mentioned on Monday before the Supreme Court.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Gadling, mentioned the matter before a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, requesting that the matter be listed before some other bench, after a judge recused from hearing the case.

"My Lords listed it, but one of the judges recused," he said while asking the bench to assign the matter to a bench.

Last week, Justice Shree Chandrashekhar recused from hearing Gadling's bail plea.

Justice Chandrashekhar was the third judge who recused from hearing the case so far. Justice ...