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Centre circulates tougher anti-cheating bill
The Hindu··26 Jul
The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 was circulated on July 25. It toughens the 2024 Act with five-to-ten-year jail terms and fines up to fifty lakh rupees. Organised exam crime faces at least seven years and ten crore rupees. Investigations must finish in sixty days with fast-track courts targeting three-month trials.
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What It Means For You
- Exam aspirants face tougher legal consequences if caught in cheating or organised leak networks.
- Institutions may see faster investigations if sixty-day limits and fast-track courts take effect.
- Students should know legitimate prep differs sharply from impersonation or paper buying under the amended law.
What's Happening
- The anti-cheating amendment bill circulated July 25 for possible July 27 Parliament introduction.
- Penalties range from five-to-ten-year jail and fifty lakh fines to seven years plus ten crore for organised crime.
- Optional STF, capped investigations, and three-month trial targets aim to speed enforcement.
From Paper Leaks to Criminal Penalties
- The 2024 base law followed nationwide anger over leaked question papers.
- Fast-track courts exist in other domains but exam crime dockets remain crowded.
- Organised impersonation rings have surfaced in multiple state recruitment tests.
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