Candidates securing at least 70 per cent aggregate marks across all papers of the Intermediate examination in a single sitting will be awarded a pass with distinction. The pass certificate issued to such candidates will specifically state that they have passed the examination with distinction.

Candidates who clear both groups of the CA Intermediate examination, either in a single attempt or separately, will receive a pass certificate from ICAI within 60 days of the declaration of results. (Representative Image/AI)
Candidates who clear both groups of the CA Intermediate examination, either in a single attempt or separately, will receive a pass certificate from ICAI within 60 days of the declaration of results. If the certificate is not received within eight weeks of the result announcement, candidates may contact ICAI by writing to exam.dmsinter@icai.in.
The January 2026 CA Intermediate session took place on January 6, 8 and 10 for Group I while Group II was held on January 12, 15 and 17. The results for the same were announced on March 8, approximately 2 months after the exams. The attempt recorded a modest pass percentages across all categories. In Group I, 14,733 candidates qualified out of 1,05,526 who appeared, resulting in a pass percentage of 13.96 per cent. Group II witnessed a slightly better performance, with 10,798 of the 69,477 candidates clearing the examination, taking the pass rate to 15.54 per cent. Among candidates who appeared for both groups, only 3,924 out of 41,798 were successful, translating to an overall pass percentage of 9.39 per cent.

