ICAI to decide on cancellation of CA July 2020 examination, Opt-out facility extended until July 7

ICAI tells Supreme Court that more time is needed to decide whether to conduct CA July 2020 examinations from July 29 onwards. Read here to know more.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has scheduled CA examinations 2020 for July cycle for all courses from July 29 to August 16, 2020. The institute also provided candidates with a choice to 'opt-out' from CA July 2020 examinations until June 30 due to the risk of COVID-19 pandemic. Following this, a plea was filed in the Supreme Court seeking extension in the opt-out facility until the last minute of the examination. Now, ICAI has pled SC that it needs more time to assess and, consider cancelling CA July 2020 examinations. 

ICAI will be reaching out to the states to know the exact condition of COVID-19 pandemic and, if it will be able to conduct the examinations from July 29 onwards. Until now more than 50000 candidates have chosen to 'opt-out' from the examination. Moreover, ICAI has extended the facility to 'opt-out' from CA July 2020 examination for all courses until July 7. 

The candidates can choose the option for CA July 2020 examinations from here - icaiexam.icai.org

The official website states, " Correction Window-1_ReOpen-3 For Opt-Out Facility (Foundation, Final, Final_New, IPCE, IPCE_New - July 2020): Start Date 21-06-2020 (11:00 Hrs IST); End Date 07-07-2020"

The COVID-19 lockdown is being extended until July 31 in the states with most affected persons. While the unlock 2 guidelines have been shared by the central government, the restrictions in containment zones, however, remain the same as before. 

ICAI conducts the CA examinations in more than 200 test centres in India and Abroad. The plea filed in SC also sought an increase in the number of ICAI 2020 exam centres to maintain social distancing at all centres with less number of candidates. 

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