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CA exams 2021: Plea in Supreme Court seeks additional attempt for CA aspirants who fail to sit for July exam due to Covid

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CA exams 2021: Plea in Supreme Court seeks additional attempt for CA aspirants who fail to sit for July exam due to Covid

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court, seeking directions to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for granting an additional attempt to any candidate who fails to appear in July, 2021 Chartered Accountant (CA) examinations, in view of the COVID-19 epidemic.

The petition moved through Advocates Hardik Gautam and Divyansh Tiwari, further sought directions to the Centre and the ICAI to formulate a revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be adopted in the examination centers across India for the candidates appearing in the CA Examination July 2021.

The plea alleged that ICAI failed to address the grievances of the petitioners and other similarly situated candidates on various accounts, such as providing an option of alternate attempt, extension of and/or providing further attempt for CA candidates appearing in CA Integrated Course (IPC) & Final Course with old syllabus.

It is highlighted in the Petition that there should be a reasonable plan of action to restrain the sudden flow in infection cases as the infection of such magnitude can have disastrous consequences.

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