NEW DELHI: (Sep 1) The Supreme Court on Monday extended by a week the interim bail of convict Vikas Yadav, undergoing a 25-year jail term in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case.

A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh was hearing a plea filed by Yadav against an August 22 order of the Delhi High Court which refused to extend his interim bail granted by the top court on July 29.

As the hearing commenced, Justice N Kotiswar Singh recused from hearing the matter.