The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Monday sought two more days from Bombay High Court to let it know the methodology it wants to use to grade students who choose not to write the remaining papers of ICSE and ISC exams.

The council told the court that it would submit the formula on June 24 (Wednesday) when the court wanted to know how much time it would need to prepare the methodology.

On Monday, the council pleaded with the division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice S.S. Shinde for an adjournment when the bench was hearing a public interest litigation filed by the parent of an ICSE examinee in Maharashtra. The bench granted the plea.

The parent has challenged the council’s decision to conduct the ICSE exams because Maharashtra has the highest number of Covid-19 cases.

Chief Justice Datta on Monday observed that the interest of the students should be protected. “Whatever decision we take, the interest of our students should be safeguarded,” a senior counsel quoted the chief justice as saying.

The council had earlier said students who would not write the remaining papers would be assessed on the basis of their school performance but did not clarify the methodology to be used.

Since there was no clarity, the court had told the council that the methodology should be “transparent” and “fair”. Students should know about it so they can make an informed choice.