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Centre proposes tougher anti cheating exam bill
The Hindu··25 Jul
The Centre circulated the Public Examinations Amendment Bill 2026 among MPs on July 25 and may introduce it on July 27. General offences face five to ten years jail and fines up to fifty lakh rupees. Organised crime networks face up to ten crore rupees. Investigations must finish within sixty days and designated courts must complete trials within three months.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Exam candidates and coaching networks face sharply higher criminal penalties if the amended bill passes Parliament.
- Fast track courts and sixty day investigation deadlines aim to shorten cases that previously dragged for years.
- Existing cases under the 2024 Act would transfer to new special courts and must finish within three months.
What's Happening
- The Union Government proposed amending the Public Examinations Act 2024 on July 25 with tougher penalties.
- The bill introduces mandatory two month investigation deadlines and special fast track trial courts nationwide.
- Jitendra Singh said amendments aim for time bound probes, speedy trials and deterrence against organised leak rackets.
Fast Track Trials With Steeper Fines
- The original 2024 Act brought in June 2024 has recorded zero convictions despite dozens of major leak cases.
- Fast track courts were already notified in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Delhi High Court's Rouse Avenue bench.
- Cabinet clearance came after PM Modi's late night video address promising stringent action against paper leak mafia.
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