ICAI CA Intermediate 2026 results declared; Shardul Vichare from Dombivali secures AIR 1 with 88.5%

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) declared the results of the Chartered Accountant Intermediate examination held in May.

Under Group-I, 10.25% of the candidates who appeared for the exam passed — that is, 9,350 of 91,237. Over 16.1% (10, 372) of 64,381 candidates cleared the Group-II examination. Further, 8.47% (2,820) of the 33,304 candidates who sat for both groups cleared them successfully.

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Shardul Shekhar Vichare, from Maharashtra’s Dombivali, is the All-India first rank holder with 88.5% (531 out of 600 marks). While Abhinav Satheesh from Kochi is placed second with 88.33%, Mumbai’s Teerth Jain holds the third rank with 86.5% marks.

A total of 1,53,862 candidates appeared for the May 2026 exams held across 611 centres in India and abroad, the chartered accountants’ body said in a release.

The CA candidates can access their scorecards through the official result portal — caresults.icai.org — using their registration number and roll number.

Clearing both groups of the CA Intermediate exam is a mandatory pre-requisite to register for the CA Final Course examination. Currently, ICAI has around four lakh members and eight and a half lakh active students.