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India's anti‑paper leak law receives presidential assent

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India's anti‑paper leak ~~bill cleared Parliament~~ law receives presidential assent

On 31 July 2026 ~~both~~ the ~~Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passed the~~ Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, ~~2026,~~ 2026 cleared both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, completing parliamentary approval of ~~the~~ India’s first comprehensive anti‑paper‑leak framework. The ~~law raises~~ legislation introduced higher fines ~~to up~~ (up to ₹10 ~~crore, retains~~ crore), a ten‑year maximum imprisonment, ~~mandates~~ time‑bound investigations ~~within~~ (within two ~~months~~ months) and ~~trials~~ fast‑track courts (trials within three ~~months,~~ months), and ~~creates~~ created a technology‑driven task force chaired by Nandan Nilekani. BJP ~~leaders, including MPs Mayank Nayak and Raghav Chadha and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, hailed~~ leaders praised the measure as historic and a ~~fulfillment~~ fulfilment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s merit‑based ~~agenda; Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju noted majority support.~~ agenda. The next day, 1 August 2026, President Droupadi Murmu gave formal assent, bringing the amendment ~~builds on~~ into law. The act now obliges each state to set up fast‑track courts for paper‑leak cases, mandates investigations to conclude within two months, and expands coverage to exams conducted by the UPSC, SSC, Railways, banking recruitment bodies and the National Testing Agency. Penalties were refined: individuals face five to ten years’ imprisonment and fines up to ₹50 lakh, while organised crime rings can be sentenced to seven to ten years and fined up to ₹10 crore. The law follows the 2024 ~~anti‑paper‑leak law,~~ act, which recorded 52 FIRs and helped reduce exam‑related suicides, ~~though student groups continue~~ and responds to ~~call for further safeguards. The bill now awaits presidential assent from President Droupadi Murmu.~~ student protests over the NEET 2026 paper leak.

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