Postpone ICAI CA May Intermediate, Final Exams 2024 To June: Expectations are high for the filing of a petition in the Delhi High Court(HC), urging the postponement of the Chartered Accountant (CA) exams conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Postpone ICAI CA May Exams 2024: Calls for postponing the ICAI CA Intermediate and Final Exams 2024 are growing stronger. Expectations are high for the filing of a petition in the Delhi High Court(HC), urging the postponement of the Chartered Accountant (CA) exams conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). For the past month, the chorus has been growing among the CA students, urging the Institute to postpone the CA Exams scheduled for May 2024 to June 2024, following the 18th Lok Sabha general elections 2024. Sharing a post on X, Advocate Anubha Srivastava Sahai, a prominent supporter of the CA exams postponement, announced her plan to file the petition within the next day or two.
The call for postponement of ICAI CA May Intermediate, Final Exams 2024 gained traction notably after the National Insurance Company Limited decided to postpone the Main Examination for Administrative Officers in light of the ongoing General Election Model Code of Conduct. “#castudents we will be moving to court in a day or two You all keep studying,” reads Advocate Anubha Srivastava Sahai’s post.
#castudents we will be moving to court in a day or two
You all keep studying— Adv Anubha Shrivastava Sahai 🇮🇳 (@anubha1812) April 2, 2024
Sahai called upon PM Modi to intervene, stressing the disenfranchisement of CA students unable to vote due to exam scheduling. Anubha Srivastava Sahai drew attention to an advertisement noting the decision of the National Insurance Company Limited to postpone the Main Examination for Administrative Officers due to the ongoing General Election Model Code of Conduct. Later, Sahai appealed to PM Modi to intervene in this matter.
“#Modijihelpcastudents @narendramodi ji lot of #castudents will not be able to vote this time as their exams are scheduled during elections Other institutes are now rescheduling exams after Elections but #icai is not Kindly intervene @ECISVEEP,” reads the official tweet.
Earlier, CA Archana Yadav wrote an Open Letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to direct the ICAI to delay the CA exams and reschedule them for June 2024. As per the syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 28 F of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988, ICAI will conduct the Group 1 Intermediate Course Examination on May 3, 5, and May 9, 2024. Meanwhile, the ICAI Group-II Intermediate Course Examination will be held on May 11, 15, and May 17, 2024. The ICAI Group-I Final Examination will be held on May 2, 4 and 8, 2024. The Group II Final examination will be held on May 10, 14, and May 16, 2024.
Amidst a lack of communication from ICAI, many prospective CAs have raised concerns about the logistical difficulties of traveling to their hometowns to vote shortly before their exams, deeming it highly impractical.