Lawyer and activist Surendra Gadling today objected to the State of Maharashtra's delay in filing an affidavit before the Supreme Court in his plea seeking bail in the 2016 Gadchiroli arson case.

At the request of Additional Solicitor General SV Raju (for State), a bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi however granted the State 1 week's time to file the document, as a last opportunity.

Senior Advocate Anand Grover appeared for Gadling and contended that about 6 weeks have passed since the State was asked to file the affidavit explaining the reasons for the delay in trial. However, the same had not been filed and the trial alongwith the co-accused was not being split despite their absconding.

Giving time to the parties to file their respective affidavit/rejoinder, the be

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