ICAI to ensure that CA’s are not made soft target

In a Council Meeting conducted on May 20, 2022, the ICAI Central Council made a decision following deliberations on the recent arrest of Chartered Accountants and other incidents of ill-treatment of CAs by investigating authorities.

The Council members expressed their strong resentment on the matter in which certain Investigating Officers are treating CAs and directly resorting to arrests. The Council was also apprised of the strong feelings of members throughout the country regarding ill-treatment being meted to certain members rather than taking strong action against the actual perpetrators.

The Council of ICAI resolved to form a Group comprising of its members to interface with authorities in order to ensure that just and fair treatment is meted out to Chartered Accountants and that they are not made soft targets.