The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking a direction to Nanavati Commission, inquiring into the 2002 Gujarat riot cases, to summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged role in the carnage.

A bench comprising justices D K Jain and A K Dave allowed an NGO, Jan Sangarsh Manch (JSM), to withdraw its petition challenging a Gujarat High Court's order.

The NGO withdrew the appeal after the bench made it clear that it was not going to interfere with the impugned order of the high court. The bench said it cannot monitor the working of the commission and interfere at every stage when it passes some order.