New Delhi, March 12 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear a petition seeking the return of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's remains. The petition, filed by Bose's grand-nephew Ashis Ray, requested orders to repatriate ashes currently kept at Tokyo's Renkoji Temple.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi expressed reluctance to entertain the case. Following this, senior counsel Abhishek Singhvi, representing the petitioner, withdrew the filing.

The bench permitted him to withdraw the petition.

"I am appearing for the family members who want a decent end to the mystery of the ashes," Singhvi told the bench. However, the Chief Justice questioned why this matter keeps returning...