CA May Exam Postponement 2024: Delhi High Court Rejects Student’s Plea to Reschedule ICAI Exams

Postpone ICAI CA May Intermediate, Final Exams 2024: A big setback for the CA aspirants as the Delhi High Court(HC) on Monday rejected the petition to postpone the ICAI CA May Intermediate, Final Exams 2024. According to a report by Bar and Bench, the Delhi High Court has declined the plea to reschedule the dates for the Chartered Accountant (CA) exams. Citing several reasons, CA students have been persistently urging the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) to reconsider and reschedule the dates for the CA Intermediate and Final Exams after the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

Justice C Hari Shankar has rejected the petition filed by 27 candidates requesting the rescheduling of exams from May to June due to the Lok Sabha elections, as per Live Law. Expressing surprise over the request of candidates, Justice C Hari Shankar said that “mere fact that the candidates may face hardship in undertaking the exam cannot be grounds to derail the exam which is to be taken by approximately 4.26,000 aspirants.” “This court is surprised that such a request has been made,” the court added, Live Law reported.

Student organizations, aspirants, and subject experts were requesting the Election Commission of India(ECI) and other political leaders to intervene in the matter and facilitate a suitable resolution. Earlier, students wrote an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Modi, appealing for his intervention in delaying the exams. The petition, submitted by students from 16 states and one Union Territory, including individuals with disabilities, underscores the apprehensions regarding the scheduling clash between the forthcoming ICAI exams and the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.