The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the National Investigation Authority (NIA) on a plea filed by activist and poet Dr. P Varavara Rao, an accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case, seeking bail on medical grounds. A bench of Justices UU Lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia said that its order of extending the interim bail granted on medical grounds Rao will continue. The apex court posted the matter for final hearing now on August 10.

"Interim protection granted earlier on medical grounds extended till further orders," said the bench in its order. Earlier, the top court had extended Rao's interim bail till further orders.