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Court relief for disabled aspiring chartered
accountants
Wednesday May 02, 2012 09:51:42 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court Wednesday directed the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India (ICAI) to relax the guidelines for disabled
students appearing in exams conducted by it.
The division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice
R.S. Endlaw told the institute conducting the exam to allow a
relative of every disabled student to act as a writer for him or
her.
It also made clear that the writers for disabled students should
not be related with the subjects like company secretary, commerce
or corporate law. They should also not have any association with
cost and works accountants courses.
The court's order came on a petition seeking quashing the fresh
guidelines of the ICAI for the students with disabilities
appearing for the chartered accountant's examination that
commenced Wednesday.
According to recent guidelines issued by the institute, the
writers - who could write exams for disabled students - should be
less than 20 years, no relative could act as a writer and there
could only be one writer throughout the exams spread over 15 days.
The judges directed the institute to allow the disabled students
appearing for exam to change the writer throughout the
examination.
They asked the examination committee of ICAI to consider the issue
and make necessary amendments in the guidelines for the
examinations in future, while making it clear that Wednesday's
order was only for the on-going tests.
Petitioner Pankaj Sinha told the court that it was impossible to
meet the guidelines as it was difficult to find writers below 20
years. He said most people under 20 years were busy in their own
exams.
On the guideline that there can be only one writer throughout the
exams that spread over 15 days, he submitted that it may not be
possible for some writers to be available for the candidates due
to sickness or personal urgency.
Another petitioner Subhash Chandra Vashishth said: "It is
difficult to fulfil the condition and to find writers below the
age of 20 and the examinees with disabilities are most likely to
fall in the trap of missing their examination despite their good
preparation."
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