A division bench of Justices Anil K Narendran and Harisankar V Menon initiated suo motu proceedings to consider the issue and appointed advocate V Ramkumar Nambiar as an amicus curiae to assist it with the same.
Justice Devan Ramachandran said that the fact that such an incident occurred in Kerala was shocking. He recalled that a similar case had been reported in Thodupuzha a few years ago.