The Kerala Excessive Court docket on Friday sought the State authorities’s view on a petition that sought to quash the order of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), Kozhikode, directing the superintendent of an commentary residence to permit the 5 college students who have been charged with murdering a scholar — Shahabaz of Thamarassery — to write down the SSLC examination.

The petition was filed by Muhammed Iqbal, father of the deceased boy who too was a Class 10 scholar. Terming the JJB’s choice as unjust, unlawful, and arbitrary and in violation of basic rights, Mr. Iqbal alleged that the Board had failed to think about the truth that the 5 college students may tamper with proof and intimidate witnesses. Additionally, fellow college students who have been writing the exams can be “mentally affected” by their presence, he argued.