The Supreme Court today expressed satisfaction over the progress of nine cases of post-Godhra riots in Gujarat probed by Special Investigation Team. The Investigation agency had given clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

A bench comprising Justices H L Dattu, Ranjana Prakash Desai and M Y Eqbal said there has been a lot of progress and out of nine cases, six are over and three are almost at final stage.

The apex court has been monitoring nine sensitive cases after the National Human Rights Commission and various NGOs termed the investigation into these to be shoddy and unreliable.

An estimated 2,000 people were killed in post-Godhra riots in 2002.