The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has today postponed the CA exams to November due to increase in COVID-19 positive cases. .The ICAI made this announcement late in the evening stating that in order to ensure the interest of its students and their well being, the Institute has decided to cancel May 2020 Examinations and merge the May 2020 attempt with November 2020 Examinations.All benefits already available to students including fee paid and exemptions will continue to available..Earlier this week, the Supreme Court had granted time to the ICAI to contact all the exam centres to assess whether exams for May 2020 exam cycle can be held at all amid the growing COVID-19 pandemic. (Anubha Shrivastava Sahai vs ICAI).[CA Exams]: ICAI seeks time from Supreme Court to contact exam centres to assess feasibility of holding exams amid rising COVID-19 cases.In the previous hearing, the Supreme Court had observed that the ICAI should consider permitting the students to opt-out of the exams till the last day, as the situation around COVID-19 is dynamic and not static.[CA Exams] "Be flexible, you cannot be rigid": Supreme Court tells ICAI to consider allowing students to opt out even during exams.A petition was moved in the Supreme Court challenging the Institute's notification giving an "opt-out" option to aspirants due to COVID-19. The petitioner had urged the Court to quash the notifications regarding the opt-out option on the grounds that the same is in violation of the fundamental rights under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India..PIL in Supreme Court challenges ICAI notification concerning "opt-out" option for CA exams due to COVID-19 as arbitrary and discriminatory.This petitioner was represented by Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava and ICAI was represented by Senior Advocate Ramji Srinavasan instructed by Advocate Pramod Dayal.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has today postponed the CA exams to November due to increase in COVID-19 positive cases. .The ICAI made this announcement late in the evening stating that in order to ensure the interest of its students and their well being, the Institute has decided to cancel May 2020 Examinations and merge the May 2020 attempt with November 2020 Examinations.All benefits already available to students including fee paid and exemptions will continue to available..Earlier this week, the Supreme Court had granted time to the ICAI to contact all the exam centres to assess whether exams for May 2020 exam cycle can be held at all amid the growing COVID-19 pandemic. (Anubha Shrivastava Sahai vs ICAI).[CA Exams]: ICAI seeks time from Supreme Court to contact exam centres to assess feasibility of holding exams amid rising COVID-19 cases.In the previous hearing, the Supreme Court had observed that the ICAI should consider permitting the students to opt-out of the exams till the last day, as the situation around COVID-19 is dynamic and not static.[CA Exams] "Be flexible, you cannot be rigid": Supreme Court tells ICAI to consider allowing students to opt out even during exams.A petition was moved in the Supreme Court challenging the Institute's notification giving an "opt-out" option to aspirants due to COVID-19. The petitioner had urged the Court to quash the notifications regarding the opt-out option on the grounds that the same is in violation of the fundamental rights under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India..PIL in Supreme Court challenges ICAI notification concerning "opt-out" option for CA exams due to COVID-19 as arbitrary and discriminatory.This petitioner was represented by Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava and ICAI was represented by Senior Advocate Ramji Srinavasan instructed by Advocate Pramod Dayal.
