India, July 21 -- Supreme Court judge Shree Chandrashekhar on Tuesday recused himself from hearing lawyer Surendra Gadling's bail plea in a 2016 arson case, becoming the third judge to do so in the case over the past year.

Justice PK Mishra announced the recusal when the National Investigation Agency (NIA) sought an adjournment before the matter came up for hearing before a bench comprising him and Justice Chandrashekhar. Justice Mishra said the matter had to be adjourned anyway, as Justice Chandrashekhar conveyed his inability to hear it. "This will have to go before another bench as my brother [Justice Chandrashekhar] has some difficulty."

The matter will now be placed before the Chief Justice of India for assigning a new bench to hea...