During the hearing of Kashmiri Separatist Leader Shabir Ahmed Shah's bail plea , Solicitor General Tushar Mehta today objected before Supreme Court to the use of words "Indian State and Jammu and Kashmir", instead of "India".

Seemingly with reference to Shah's old speeches in 1990s, the SG said that nobody can say "Indian State and Jammu and Kashmir". When urgency in the matter was cited saying Shah is "very sick", the SG retorted, "he is sick, that's the problem".

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was dealing with Shah's bail plea in a terror funding case. Earlier, it denied Shah the relief of interim bail.

During today's hearing, the SG informed the Court that NIA's counter-affidavit was filed today. Accordingly, the bench gave time to Shah to file a rejoinder. "

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