A division bench of the Delhi High Court has admitted an appeal against the order of the Single bench in the CA Final Result mismatch case.
Earlier, there was a lot of discussion in the social media about the mismatch that happened in the CA Final November 2017 results announced on 17th January 2018. There have been a lot of question which has been raised on the ICAI’s examination mechanism. After CA Final November 2017 Results on 17th January 2017, students accessed a score list wherein many of the students who had failed to clear the exams were shown as passed. This raised question in student’s mind about the authenticity of the results.
The Single bench, in January, dismissed a petition filed by Milind Agarwal and Ors challenging the results of Chartered Accountants ( CA Exam Final) examination held in November 2017.
Against the decision of the Single bench, the petitioners approached the division bench contending that the ICAI and its officers cannot be allowed to reduce the grace marks, once the grace marks have been allotted, the results have been tabulated and thereafter decoded and published as the Respondents would be estopped from withdrawing a benefit once granted and acted upon. It was contended that the Institute acted arbitrarily while dealing with this issue.
“Once de-codification takes place, any change thereafter is bound to be affected by personal bias and individual interests and in the present case there are thousands of the candidates which are adversely affected.,” the petition reads.
Admitting the appeal on files, the bench comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhatt and A K Chawla passed an interim order on Friday and asked the Institute to produce some relevant documents before the Court. “The respondent Institute shall produce the relevant official records pertaining to the receipt and compilation of the documents, the moderation procedure adopted leading to the final declaration of results which would also include the relevant notings etc.”
Advocates, Mr.Vikas Nagwan, Dr.Suneel Maggo and Mrs.Manvi appeared for the petitioner/appellants.
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