Breaking: CA Examination: Opt Out Option Will Be With The Candidate, You Have To Respect It: Supreme Court To ICAI [LIVE UPDATES]

Arora: After 2019, all candidates are facing because of pandemic.

Bench: You are raising too many issues.

Arora: We are only trying to evoke sympathy. We are not candidates who want to avoid exams.

Bench: Then you’ll end up getting nothing.

Bench: We will only confine ourselves to general observations. Even for opt out option, we will confine to changing of centre. If rules say that you have to appear for whole exams; then you have to appear.

Arora: I will restrict myself to these five entries. Articleship I’ve said, but that my learned friend is to consider. 

Bench: The submission was different.

Arora: The children are exposing themselves. Therefore let them not take the full exams but only those that are left. 

Arora: Otherwise he would have to take all exams due to no fault of his. 

Arora: Last issue is that we had suggested that if a student drops out mid exam because of COVID, they should be able to take it in November. If the exams could be taken separately without having to take all his papers.

Arora: The student has made their arrangement, with a relative or hotel. It’s not fair. In a city like Delhi, it can be as far as 30km. They are changing their options, without giving us the corresponding option. 

Arora: For examination centres, they are changing it last minute. Students are travelling. They are making bookings. It’s unfair that you for your convenience can change the centred, but no concession is there for the student.

Arora: What they want is now certificate by registered medical practitioner and RTPCR. I also suffered from COVID. I have my prescriptions, but I don’t have my report. Now they’re asking for both the things.

Bench: Don’t tweak the authority’s decision that is not before us. This SOP is brought about by the authority. You confine yourself to the opt out option, and rest of the things will be confined to the SOP.