From a few days, a tussle has been going on between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and CA Students for the postponement of the CA Exams May 2024, that clash with the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

It is the request of CA Students from all over India that the CA Exams May 2024 should be postponed to June 2024. This will not only help the students to exercise their fundamental right, which is the “Right to Vote”, but will also give the students the atmosphere to prepare for exams comfortably and peacefully as a lot of loud campaigning is going on during elections due to which there is a lot of noise.

But nothing is clear till date. CA Students are not happy with the current date sheet of CA Exams 2024 and are demanding that the CA Exams May 2024 should be postponed to June 2024 amid Lok Sabha Elections 2024. It is recommended that students take note of the aforementioned information and continue to visit the Institute’s website,  www.icai.org

What are the possible reasons that why CA exams May 2024 are not being postponed?

The buzz around the postponement of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - Chartered Accountants (ICAI CA) exams refuse to die down as aspirants on social media platforms like twitter, there are several students & CAs are advocating for its postponement of CA Exams due to the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

Possible reasons to not to postponing CA Exams May 2024 by ICAI:

Here are three possible reasons that’s why ICAI is not postponing their CA exams May 2024:

1. ICAI announces to held CA exams thrice a year now.

ICAI had announced that CA exams will now happen in three cycles. To ensure this, it is vital that there is a minimum gap of four months between the exams.

Hence, to ensure that the three cycles are conducted smoothly, without any hassles or overlaps, the ICAI is sticking to the rescheduled dates.

2. Already Scheduled other exams:

There are other exams scheduled during the crucial General Elections 2024, including Common University Entrance Test (CUET) between May 15 and May 31, 2024 and the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2024 exam which is scheduled for May 5 (Sunday).

Being mindful of the already scheduled other exams, perhaps ICAI wants to avoid last minute clashes with these exams, which might aggravate the students' concerns further.

3. ICAI had reopened the correction window for May 2024 CA exams.

The ICAI, as per the announcement dated March 24, had reopened the correction window for May 2024 CA exams. As per this, the candidates of Chartered Accountants Intermediate and Final Examinations seeking change of examination city, group and medium could have done so.

The dates were March 27 to March 29, 2024.

For example, there is a student currently living in Jaipur whose hometown is in UP. Their exam centre is currently in Jaipur. This student was given the opportunity within the aforementioned dates to change their exam centre to somewhere in UP so that they can vote and write the exam too.

What happened so far?

On March 20, the ICAI rescheduled the CA exams owing to the Lok Sabha elections. As per the revised schedule, the Intermediate course exams for Group 1, which were initially scheduled on May 3, 5 and 7, will now be held on May 3, 5, and 9. For Group 2, the Intermediate course exam will be held on May 11, 15 and 17 as against the planned dates of May 9, 11 and 13.

Similarly, for the Final exams, the ICAI announced May 2, 4 and 8 for Group 1, which was earlier scheduled on May 2, 4 and 6. For Group 2, the exam will be held on May 10, 14 and 16, which was earlier supposed to be conducted on May 8, 10 and 12.

Thus, the CA exams are scheduled from May 2 to 17.

However, aspirants of the exam say that this doesn’t provide them with relief in any way, as the exams are still being held during elections, which are from April 19 to June 1.

ICAI Exam Date May/June 2024 (New)